METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHORIZING ACCESS TO GOODS AND/OR SERVICES AT A POINT OF SALE AND CORRESPONDING POINT OF SALE
First Claim
1. A method for authorizing access to goods and/or services at a point of sale, in which access to goods and/or services is authorized based on an identification of the user, whereinan access voucher, comprising at least an identification of the user is issued by a voucher issuing means,the access voucher is presented to a reading means of the point of sale, at least the identification of the user being read and transferred by the reading means to an internal processing unit of the point of sale,at least one good and/or service of the point of sale is selected by the user and the corresponding identification is transferred to the internal processing unit,the identification of the user and the identification of goods and/or services is transferred by the internal processing unit to a centralised processing unit which compares the transferred identification of the user with the at least one stored identification of the user and the transferred identification of the goods and/or services with the at least one stored identification of goods and/or services,if the transferred identification of the user matches an identification of the user stored in the centralised processing unit and if the transferred identification of the goods and/services matches an identification of the goods/and services stored in the centralised processing unit, the centralised processing unit retrieves user profile data and the access parameter for the goods and/or services, andan authorization for accessing the selected goods and/or services is transferred to the point of sale by the centralised processing unit if the user profile data correspond to the access parameter for the goods and/or services.
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Abstract
A system and method for authorizing access to goods and/or services at a point of sale is disclosed. An access voucher may be issued and presented to a reading means of the point of sale. At least one good and/or service of the point of sale can be selected by the user and the corresponding identification can be transferred to the internal processing unit. A comparison can be performed. If the transferred identification of the user matches an identification of the user, and if the transferred identification of the goods and/services matches an identification of the goods/and services, the user profile data and the access parameter can be retrieved. An authorization can be transferred to the point of sale if the user profile data correspond to the access parameter for the goods and/or services.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for authorizing access to goods and/or services at a point of sale, in which access to goods and/or services is authorized based on an identification of the user, wherein
an access voucher, comprising at least an identification of the user is issued by a voucher issuing means, the access voucher is presented to a reading means of the point of sale, at least the identification of the user being read and transferred by the reading means to an internal processing unit of the point of sale, at least one good and/or service of the point of sale is selected by the user and the corresponding identification is transferred to the internal processing unit, the identification of the user and the identification of goods and/or services is transferred by the internal processing unit to a centralised processing unit which compares the transferred identification of the user with the at least one stored identification of the user and the transferred identification of the goods and/or services with the at least one stored identification of goods and/or services, if the transferred identification of the user matches an identification of the user stored in the centralised processing unit and if the transferred identification of the goods and/services matches an identification of the goods/and services stored in the centralised processing unit, the centralised processing unit retrieves user profile data and the access parameter for the goods and/or services, and an authorization for accessing the selected goods and/or services is transferred to the point of sale by the centralised processing unit if the user profile data correspond to the access parameter for the goods and/or services.
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8. A system for authorizing access to goods and/or services at a point of sale, in which access to goods and/or services is authorized based on an identification of a user, comprising
an access voucher issuing means for issuing access vouchers comprising at least an identification of the user, a reading means of the point of sale for reading and transferring at least the identification of the user to an internal processing unit of the point of sale when the access voucher is presented to the reading means, a means for selecting at least one good and/or service of the point of sale by the user and transferring the corresponding identification of the selected goods and/or services to the internal processing unit, a centralised processing unit comprising a database with at least one stored identification of the user and a database with at least one stored identification of goods and/or services, the centralised processing unit comprising means for comparing the transferred identification of the user with the at least one stored identification of the user and the transferred identification of the goods and/or services with the at least one stored identification of goods and/or services, wherein, if the transferred identification of the user matches an identification of the user stored in the centralised processing unit and if the transferred identification of the goods and/services matches an identification of the goods/and services stored in the centralised processing unit, user profile data and the access parameter for the goods and/or services are retrieved, and that the centralised processing unit comprises means for transferring an authorization for accessing the selected goods and/or services to the point of sale if the user profile data correspond to the access parameter for the goods and/or services.
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15. A point of sale of goods and/or services in which access to goods and/or services is authorized based on an identification of a user, comprising
a reading means for reading and transferring at least the identification of the user to an internal processing unit when the access voucher is presented to the reading means, a means for selecting at least one good and/or service by the user and transferring the corresponding identification of the selected goods and/or services to the internal processing unit, a means for transferring identification of the user and the identification of the goods and/or services to a centralised processing unit, and means for receiving an authorization for accessing the selected goods and/or services from the centralised processing unit and for releasing the goods and/or services selected by the user.
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