Method and apparatus for multi-touch surface interaction for a financial application within a bank branch
First Claim
1. Apparatus for enabling a bank customer and a bank staff member at a bank branch to jointly and interactively complete an electronic financial application form during a single financial transaction at the bank branch, the apparatus comprising:
- a computer;
a multi-touch surface in communication with the computer;
a sensor unit coupled between the multi-touch surface and the computer and for obtaining a barcode associated with a portable device which has been placed on the multi-touch surface; and
a communication facility coupled to the computer and for communicating between the computer and portable devices in the vicinity of the multi-touch surface;
wherein the computer includes a financial application arranged to (i) receive data transferred from a bank staff member'"'"'s second portable device via the multi-touch surface, and (iii) create an electronic financial application form populated with data received from both the bank customer'"'"'s first portable device and the bank staff member'"'"'s second portable device during the single financial transaction using the same multi-touch surface; and
wherein (i) the communication facility wirelessly communicates with a number of portable devise in the vicinity of the communication facility to receive at a first time unique identifiers associated with the number of portable devices, (ii) the computer ascertains if one of the unique identifiers received at the first time from the number of portable devices in the vicinity of the communication facility matches a barcode obtained by the sensor unit and associated with the bank customer'"'"'s first portable device, and (iii) the computer presents the bank customer with the electronic financial application form via the multi-touch surface when there is a match between one of the unique identifiers received at the first time from the number of portable devices in the vicinity of the communication facility and the barcode obtained by the sensor unit and associated with the bank customer'"'"'s first portable device.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for operating a computing device including a multi-touch surface. The method comprises: presenting a customer with an application form; transferring data from a customer'"'"'s portable device (such as a cellphone) placed on or near the multi-touch surface to the application form; communicating with an authorization portable device (such as a staff identification badge) placed on or near the multi-touch surface by an authorized user; and transferring data from the authorization portable device to the application form to complete the application form.
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17 Claims
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1. Apparatus for enabling a bank customer and a bank staff member at a bank branch to jointly and interactively complete an electronic financial application form during a single financial transaction at the bank branch, the apparatus comprising:
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a computer; a multi-touch surface in communication with the computer; a sensor unit coupled between the multi-touch surface and the computer and for obtaining a barcode associated with a portable device which has been placed on the multi-touch surface; and a communication facility coupled to the computer and for communicating between the computer and portable devices in the vicinity of the multi-touch surface; wherein the computer includes a financial application arranged to (i) receive data transferred from a bank staff member'"'"'s second portable device via the multi-touch surface, and (iii) create an electronic financial application form populated with data received from both the bank customer'"'"'s first portable device and the bank staff member'"'"'s second portable device during the single financial transaction using the same multi-touch surface; and wherein (i) the communication facility wirelessly communicates with a number of portable devise in the vicinity of the communication facility to receive at a first time unique identifiers associated with the number of portable devices, (ii) the computer ascertains if one of the unique identifiers received at the first time from the number of portable devices in the vicinity of the communication facility matches a barcode obtained by the sensor unit and associated with the bank customer'"'"'s first portable device, and (iii) the computer presents the bank customer with the electronic financial application form via the multi-touch surface when there is a match between one of the unique identifiers received at the first time from the number of portable devices in the vicinity of the communication facility and the barcode obtained by the sensor unit and associated with the bank customer'"'"'s first portable device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of operating a computing device including a multi-touch surface located at a bank branch to enable a bank customer carrying a first portable device and a bank staff member carrying a second portable device to jointly and interactively complete an electronic financial application form during a single financial transaction at the bank branch, the method comprising:
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wirelessly communicating with a number of portable devices in the vicinity of the communication facility to receive at a first time a number of unique identifiers associated with the number of portable devices; obtaining a barcode associated with the bank customer'"'"'s first portable device which has been placed on or near the multi-touch surface; electronically by a computer, ascertaining if one of the unique identifiers received at the first time from the number of portable devices in the vicinity of the communication facility matches the barcode associated with the bank customer'"'"'s first portable device; electronically by a computer, presenting the bank customer with the electronic financial application form via the multi-touch surface when there is a match between one of the unique identifiers received at the first time from the number of portable devices in the vicinity of the communication facility and the barcode associated with the bank customer'"'"'s first portable device; transferring data from the bank customer'"'"'s first portable device placed on or near the multi-touch surface to the electronic financial application form which has been presented via the multi-touch surface to at least partially complete the electronic financial application form during the single financial transaction; electronically by a computer, notifying the bank staff member to enable the bank staff member carrying the second portable device to assist the bank customer in completing the electronic financial application form; and transferring data from the bank staff member'"'"'s second portable device placed on or near the multi-touch surface to the electronic financial application form to complete the electronic financial application form which has been at least partially completed by data transferred from the bank customer'"'"'s first portable device during the single financial transaction using the same multi-touch surface. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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