Electronic purse card value system terminal programming system and method
First Claim
1. A method comprising the steps of:
- storing configuration data for a financial transaction terminal in a card memory supported on a card;
inserting the card into a card reader on the financial transaction terminal, the card reader being in operative connection with a terminal memory in the terminal;
reading the configuration data from the card memory with the card reader; and
storing the configuration data in the terminal memory.
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Abstract
An electronic purse card value system (10) includes terminal devices (12). Each terminal device includes a processor (26) which is in operative connection with a memory (28) and a modem (36). The terminal devices operate in response to configuration data which is stored in the terminal memory. The configuration data is enabled to be programmed into the terminal device by transferring the configuration data from the memory of a smart card (24) which is read by a card reader (22) of the terminal device. The configuration data stored in the terminal may also be transferred to a smart card through the card reader. The smart card may then be taken to other terminals and used to program those terminals with similar configuration data.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising the steps of:
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storing configuration data for a financial transaction terminal in a card memory supported on a card; inserting the card into a card reader on the financial transaction terminal, the card reader being in operative connection with a terminal memory in the terminal; reading the configuration data from the card memory with the card reader; and
storing the configuration data in the terminal memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising the steps of:
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placing a card having a card memory supported thereon into a first card reader of a first financial transaction terminal, the first financial transaction terminal including a first terminal memory in operative connection with the first card reader, the first terminal memory including configuration data; transferring the configuration data from the first terminal memory to the card memory through the first card reader; removing the card from the first card reader; inserting the card into a second card reader on a second financial transaction terminal, the second transaction terminal including a second terminal memory in operative connection with the second card reader; further transferring the configuration data from the card memory to the second terminal memory through the second card reader. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. Apparatus comprising:
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a financial transaction terminal, the terminal including a card reader and a terminal memory, wherein the terminal memory is in operative connection with the card reader, and wherein the terminal memory is enabled to hold configuration data, wherein the terminal operates responsive to the configuration data; a smart card, the smart card including a card memory thereon, wherein the card memory includes terminal configuration data; and wherein when the smart card is inserted in the card reader the configuration data is copied from the card memory to the terminal memory, whereby the terminal is enabled to operate in accordance with the configuration data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method comprising the steps of:
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storing configuration data for a financial transaction terminal in a card memory supported on a card; inserting the card into a card reader on the financial transaction terminal, the card reader being in operative connection with a terminal memory in the terminal; reading the configuration data from the card memory with the card reader; storing the configuration data in the terminal memory; and carrying out a plurality of transactions for a plurality of users with the terminal responsive to the configuration data stored in terminal memory.
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19. Apparatus comprising:
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a financial transaction terminal, the terminal including a card reader and a terminal memory, wherein the terminal memory is in operative connection with the card reader, and wherein the terminal memory is enabled to hold configuration data, wherein the terminal operates to carry out a plurality of transactions for a plurality of users responsive to the configuration data stored in terminal memory; a card including a card memory thereon, wherein the card memory includes terminal configuration data; and wherein when the card is inserted in the card reader, terminal configuration data is read from the card memory, and wherein the terminal is operative to copy the terminal configuration data from the card memory to the terminal memory.
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