Patent · US Expired

System for handling transactions including a portable personal terminal

US4689478A · kind A · utility

314Cited by

16References

11Claims

0Family size

Assignee

NCR Corporation · US

Inventors

William J. Hale · Kettering, US
William R. Horst · Dayton, US
Arthur R. Creech, Jr. · Centerville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 24, 1984
Grant date	Aug 25, 1987
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 24, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07F19/201
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system including a portable personal terminal which may be used for handling a wide variety of financial, shopping, and other transactions. The personal terminal is credit-card sized, is intelligent, includes a plurality of transaction totals and is constructed to be user-friendly. An interface module is used to couple the terminal to other systems for on-line uses.

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