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Automatic fee collecting and receipt dispensing system

  • US 4,970,655 A
  • Filed: 11/01/1988
  • Issued: 11/13/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An automatic fee collecting and receipt dispensing system, comprising:

  • an outer housing;

    a customer interface assembly in the housing, including display means for displaying information and instructions to a customer, entry means for allowing customer entry of commands and information, and fee collections means for collecting fees from a customer;

    a dispenser assembly in the housing for dispensing receipt forms to customers, including a plurality of cartridges each containing a receipt form supply, each form having blank areas for receiving information specific to a particular transaction, the information printed on the forms in each cartridge differing from that on the forms in the or each other cartridge, a printer for printing information in the blank areas of forms and transport means for transporting form from any one of the cartridges to the printer, and dispensing means for dispensing printed forms to customers;

    control means for controlling operation of the customer interface and dispenser assemblies according to stored program instructions; and

    interface means for connecting said control means to a remote database containing stored information on customer transactions and fees;

    said control means further comprising means for detecting entry of information by a customer, means for communicating with said remote database to obtain from said database information specific to the particular transaction, means for comparing said information entered by a customer with corresponding information on that transaction received from said database, means for authorizing the transaction if the information matches and for canceling the transaction if it does not match, means for determining the fee associated with each authorized transaction, means for displaying the fee information to a customer, means for detecting payment of the appropriate fee, and means for controlling said dispenser assembly to dispense a form from the appropriate cartridge according to transaction information entered by the customer or stored in a remote database, and to print information on the particular transaction on the form prior to dispensing.

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