Cashless vending transaction management by a vend assist mode of operation
First Claim
1. A cashless transaction processing system, for effectuating a cashless vending transaction, said cashless transaction processing system comprising:
- a payment module, said payment module further comprising an interactive interface, a VEND ASSIST mode of operation, and a memory, said payment module implements and manages an MDB TRANSACTION STRING in said memory, said MDB TRANSACTION STRING further comprising a MDB TRANSACTION CONDITION FLAG; and
a computing platform interconnected with said interactive interface;
where said payment module implementing said VEND ASSIST mode requires said payment module to data communicate said MDB TRANSACTION STRING to said computing platform, with said MDB TRANSACTION CONDITION FLAG set to REQUEST VEND APPROVE, to solicit a VEND APPROVE data communication response, from said computing platform, prior to initiating a vending cycle.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a cashless transaction processing system implementing a VEND ASSIST mode of operation to effectuate a cashless vending transaction. The VEND ASSIST mode allows a computing platform 802 to oversee, control, and authorize by way of a system 500 the vend selection and sale price of a user selected vend item prior to fulfilling the user'"'"'s request.
The cashless transaction processing system includes a system 500 and a computing platform 802. The system 500 initiates a vending session when certain commands from an interconnected computing platform 802 are received or in response to presentation, by a user, of valid payment identification data. Computing platform 802 data communicates a VEND APPROVE or VEND DENY response to a system 500 initiated REQUEST VEND APPROVE data communication. A vend cycle is then initiated or preempted as appropriate.
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1. A cashless transaction processing system, for effectuating a cashless vending transaction, said cashless transaction processing system comprising:
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a payment module, said payment module further comprising an interactive interface, a VEND ASSIST mode of operation, and a memory, said payment module implements and manages an MDB TRANSACTION STRING in said memory, said MDB TRANSACTION STRING further comprising a MDB TRANSACTION CONDITION FLAG; and a computing platform interconnected with said interactive interface; where said payment module implementing said VEND ASSIST mode requires said payment module to data communicate said MDB TRANSACTION STRING to said computing platform, with said MDB TRANSACTION CONDITION FLAG set to REQUEST VEND APPROVE, to solicit a VEND APPROVE data communication response, from said computing platform, prior to initiating a vending cycle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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