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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHORIZING ACCESS TO GOODS AND/OR SERVICES AT A POINT OF SALE AND CORRESPONDING POINT OF SALE

  • US 20170263072A1
  • Filed: 05/07/2014
  • Published: 09/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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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, 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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