Automated order and payment system
First Claim
1. An automated order and payment system which comprises:
- A remote programmable data input/output means adapted to optically scan identification code information, and further adapted to accept credit card information obtained from the stored information on credit cards;
A communication means integral to said remote programmable data input/output means;
A memory means integral to such remote programmable data input/output and communication means that allows the storage of computer programs and information derived from printed or transmitted identification code information that has been optically scanned;
A central data processing means with communications capability adapted to receive information from a plurality of remote programmable data input/output means; and
Additional communication means allowing the remote data processing means to communicate with external data bases for credit authorization and product/service ordering purposes.
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Abstract
An automated order and payment system for use by consumers to rapidly order products and services from any location at which the consumer is present at the time of ordering. The system receives information about the products/services to be ordered by means of signals generated by scanning identification codes imprinted in advertising media or displayed to a consumer on a television screen. A special version of the invention is modified to accept voice command via a voice recognition means for those physically handicapped persons unable to perform manual data entry tasks. The consumer uses an optical scanning means embodied in the Order Computer Terminal to scan identification code associated with a company and identification codes associated with the products/services desired. This product and company information is stored in the Order Computer Terminal along with credit information retrieved from a plurality of storage means used on credit cards and subsequently transmitted when desired by the consumer to a Central Computer System. The Central Computer System simultaneously receives information from multiple order computer terminals and verifies that the products or services from the desired company are in fact available. The Central Computer System also verifies the credit worthiness of the consumer by searching for such information from credit data bases. When the Central Computer System determines that the desired products/services are available and that the consumer is credit worthy, an order verification signal is sent to the individual consumer'"'"'s order computer terminal whereupon the consumer verifies that he/she wishes to order the products/services communicated to the central computer system. Once the consumer varifies the order, the automated order and payment systme places the order for the products/services desired and provides the appropriate credit reference to the supplier of the product/service. The automated order and payment system capabilities are more fully set forth herein.
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14 Claims
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1. An automated order and payment system which comprises:
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A remote programmable data input/output means adapted to optically scan identification code information, and further adapted to accept credit card information obtained from the stored information on credit cards; A communication means integral to said remote programmable data input/output means; A memory means integral to such remote programmable data input/output and communication means that allows the storage of computer programs and information derived from printed or transmitted identification code information that has been optically scanned; A central data processing means with communications capability adapted to receive information from a plurality of remote programmable data input/output means; and Additional communication means allowing the remote data processing means to communicate with external data bases for credit authorization and product/service ordering purposes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A programmable remote order computer terminal ("OCT") comprising;
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A remote programmable data input/output means adapted to optically scan identification code information, and further adapted to accept credit card information obtained from the stored information on credit cards; A communication means integral to said remote programmable data input/output means; A memory means integral to such remote programmable data input/output and communication means that allows the storage of computer programs and information derived printed or transmitted identification code information that has been optically scanned.
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13. A process for rapidly ordering and paying for goods and services comprising;
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The optical input by a consumer of a printed or transmitted identification codes used to identify merchants and goods/services desired by the consumer, The entry of credit and consumer data by reading such information from a plurality of storage means resident on credit cards, The storage and subsequent transmission of such data to a central computer systems, The separate processing of such data by the central computer systems to determine (1) the availability of the product or service desired, and (2) the credit worthiness of the consumer ordering the products or services The notification to the consumer of the approval or rejection of the sale desired The delivery of the goods or products ordered by the consumer by prearranged parameters or selectively designated by the consumer at the time of sale. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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