PORTABLE CHANGE DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method of conducting a monetary transaction regardless of point of sale (POS) currency, comprising:
- receiving a portable device that corresponds with a financial account, the financial account including a financial account monetary value, wherein information regarding the financial account is stored on a cloud network device;
exchanging a predetermined amount of monetary units for a purchase at a point of sale (POS), the purchase including a purchase price that is measured in monetary units;
subtracting the predetermined amount of monetary units from the purchase price to determine a change amount, the change amount measured in at least one of a banknote value and a coin value;
saving data associated with the coin value of the change amount to the financial account on the network device, where the financial account is credited with the coin value of the change amount; and
determining whether to convert the financial account monetary value from a first currency to a second currency depending upon the POS.
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Abstract
A method and system for conducting a monetary transaction regardless of currency at the point of sale is provided. The method includes receiving a portable device that corresponds with a financial account, where the financial account includes financial account monetary value. The information regarding the financial account is stored on a network device, such as a cloud network. A predetermined amount of monetary units are exchanged for purchase at a point of sale, where the purchase includes a purchase price that is measured in monetary units. The predetermined amount of monetary units is subtracted from the purchase price to determine a change amount where the change amount is measured in at least one of a banknote value and a coin value. Data associated with the coin value of the change amount is saved to the financial account and the financial account is credited with the coin value of the change amount.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of conducting a monetary transaction regardless of point of sale (POS) currency, comprising:
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receiving a portable device that corresponds with a financial account, the financial account including a financial account monetary value, wherein information regarding the financial account is stored on a cloud network device; exchanging a predetermined amount of monetary units for a purchase at a point of sale (POS), the purchase including a purchase price that is measured in monetary units; subtracting the predetermined amount of monetary units from the purchase price to determine a change amount, the change amount measured in at least one of a banknote value and a coin value; saving data associated with the coin value of the change amount to the financial account on the network device, where the financial account is credited with the coin value of the change amount; and determining whether to convert the financial account monetary value from a first currency to a second currency depending upon the POS. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for conducting a monetary transaction regardless of point of sale (POS) currency, comprising:
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a financial account including a financial account monetary value; a portable device corresponding with the financial account; a POS for exchanging a predetermined amount of monetary value for a purchase, said purchase including a purchase price; a database storing the value of the financial account; a communication device for reading and writing information from the database to the portable device, the communication device in communication with the portable device the POS and the database; a change amount measured in at least one of a banknote and a coin value, wherein the change amount is determined by subtracting the predetermined amount of money from the purchase price; and an automatic conversion of currency feature dependent upon POS location, wherein the financial account is credited with the coin value of the change amount in a currency by the communication device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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