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System for reserving a supply of goods or services

  • US 5,066,853 A
  • Filed: 09/20/1988
  • Issued: 11/19/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for reserving the supply of a good or service to be obtained by self-service, said system comprisingchip cards assigned to customers of said good or service,a central reservation device having a card reading apparatus designed to receive a customer card during a reservation operation, and interface means for communication with a customer, said central reservation system capable of writing in the card information relating to a reservation made by the owner of the card through said interface means,local terminals connected to said central reservation device and remote from said central reservation device, said local terminals adapted to receive a customer card,means associated with and controlled by each of said local terminals for physically delivering said good or service near said local terminal in response to information stored in the same card with which reservation of the good or service has been made,wherein means are provided at said local terminal to write in the card an access key for one specific good or service among the available goods or services at that local terminal,said means for physically delivering a good or service comprise a card reading apparatus located at a remote place from said local terminal where said specific good or service is available, andmeans for enabling delivery of said specific good or service in response to reading said access key from the card in said last mentioned card reading apparatus.

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