Input system for POS terminal
First Claim
1. An information system for use with a point of sale terminal comprising aportable input device having means for reading information recorded on a credit card, means for entering indicia idnetifying the holder of the credit card, memory means for storing such information and indicia, such information and indicia being transmitted from the memory means to the POS terminal in response to a request to send signal from the POS terminal, andmeans connected to the POS terminal and operably associated with the input device dependent upon demand of sales transactions during a specified period of time for sequentially transmitting the information and the indicia from the transmitting means of the input device to the POS terminal in response to hte request to send signal.
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Abstract
A customer information input system for a P.O.S. terminal includes a portable type wireless input device that has a magnetic card reader section a key entry section for inputting customer data, for reading information from the card, a memory section for storing the information and the data, a transmitting section for sending the information and the data in response to a request signal, and a repeater connected to the P.O.S. terminal for transferring the information and the data to the P.O.S. terminal. A plurality of such input devices are placed at various sales counters and customers can simultaneously input the information and the data for transmission to the terminal which receives and processes the transaction.
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12 Claims
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1. An information system for use with a point of sale terminal comprising a
portable input device having means for reading information recorded on a credit card, means for entering indicia idnetifying the holder of the credit card, memory means for storing such information and indicia, such information and indicia being transmitted from the memory means to the POS terminal in response to a request to send signal from the POS terminal, and means connected to the POS terminal and operably associated with the input device dependent upon demand of sales transactions during a specified period of time for sequentially transmitting the information and the indicia from the transmitting means of the input device to the POS terminal in response to hte request to send signal.
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10. A method of performing a point of sale transaction with a credit card comprising the steps of:
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reading information recorded on the credit card, entering indicia into a portable input device identifying a holder of the credit card, storing the information and the indentifying indicia in the input device until requested in sequential mode dependent upon demand of sales transactions during a specified period of time, and transmitting the information and the indicia from the portable input device to a point of sale terminal through an intermediate device in response to demand of sales transactions and access to the POS terminal and to a request to send signal therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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