Process of facilitating financial transactions at point-of-sale employing electronic drop safes and point-of-sale terminals
First Claim
1. A process of carrying out a financial transaction, comprising the steps of:
- prompting, by a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, a user of the POS terminal to initiate a drop function;
receiving, by the POS terminal from the user, a commence drop function instruction;
transmitting, by the POS terminal to a drop safe, a drop request;
transmitting, by the drop safe to the POS terminal upon acceptance of the drop request by the drop safe, a unique Drop ID representing the respective drop to be carried out;
receiving, by a currency acceptor of the drop safe after acceptance of the drop request, currency;
identifying, by the drop safe, an amount of each received currency;
completing the drop function; and
transmitting, by the drop safe to the POS terminal, a total amount of the currency received by the drop safe.
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Abstract
An electronic system and process for facilitating a financial transaction comprising a drop safe and a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, disposed at a retailer location, in communication with one another in which the POS terminal receives, from a user, a request to commence a drop request and, in response, instructs the drop safe to commence a drop request, whereupon after acceptance of the drop request the drop safe accepts, via a currency acceptor, currency that is identified and authenticated, and upon completion of the drop, the drop safe ascertains the total amount of accepted currency and transmits the ascertained amount to the POS terminal which then completes the transaction. The drop request may occur during a transaction with a customer for the purchase of goods or services or at other times. Other features are disclosed.
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23 Claims
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1. A process of carrying out a financial transaction, comprising the steps of:
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prompting, by a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, a user of the POS terminal to initiate a drop function; receiving, by the POS terminal from the user, a commence drop function instruction; transmitting, by the POS terminal to a drop safe, a drop request; transmitting, by the drop safe to the POS terminal upon acceptance of the drop request by the drop safe, a unique Drop ID representing the respective drop to be carried out; receiving, by a currency acceptor of the drop safe after acceptance of the drop request, currency; identifying, by the drop safe, an amount of each received currency; completing the drop function; and transmitting, by the drop safe to the POS terminal, a total amount of the currency received by the drop safe. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A process of carrying out a financial transaction, comprising the steps of:
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prompting, by a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, a user of the POS terminal to initiate a drop function; receiving, by the POS terminal from the user, a commence drop function instruction; transmitting, by the POS terminal to a drop safe, a drop request; transmitting, by the drop safe to the POS terminal upon acceptance of the drop request by the drop safe, a unique Drop ID representing the respective drop to be carried out; receiving, by a currency acceptor of the drop safe after acceptance of the drop request, currency; periodically querying, by the POS terminal, the drop safe to ascertain a status of the drop safe while receiving the currency; identifying, by the drop safe, an amount of each received currency; completing the drop function; and transmitting, by the drop safe to the POS terminal, a total amount of the currency received by the drop safe. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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