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System and method for retail

  • US 5,744,787 A
  • Filed: 09/25/1995
  • Issued: 04/28/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A retail unit serving a customer on a purchase, the customer having an electronic wallet for paying for a purchase via its electronic checkbook sums equal to or larger than a predetermined minimal checkbook payment sum, for paying from its electronic purse sums equal to or smaller than the value stored therein, and for paying for replenishing the electronic purse via the electronic checkbook sums equal to or larger than a predetermined minimal purse replenishment sum, the retail unit comprising:

  • a point of sale for determining a purchase price; and

    a payment unit including an electronic cash drawer, communicating with said point of sale for retrieving said purchase price therefrom and interfacing with said electronic wallet for automatically selecting, according to said purchase price, said value stored in said electronic purse, said minimal checkbook payment sum and said minimal purse replenishment sum, whetherto receive said purchase price via said electronic checkbook, orto receive said purchase price from said electronic purse and deposit it in said electronic cash drawer, orto receive via said electronic checkbook a calculated purse replenishment sum which is at least the larger of said minimal purse replenishment sum and the difference between said purchase price and said value stored in said electronic purse, and to transfer from said electronic cash drawer to said electronic purse the difference between said calculated purse replenishment sum and said purchase price.

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