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Method and apparatus for handling transaction slips including illegible characters

US4734859A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 22, 1985
Grant dateMar 29, 1988
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Expiry dateAug 22, 2005

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

Abstract

In a transaction processing system in which a plurality of terminal devices are connected to a common transmission line to carry out transactions on the basis of the contents of transaction slips read out by the terminal devices, a transaction can be continued even when misreading or reject is detected in the results of reading of a transaction slip. When misreading or reject is detected, data read out from the transaction slip are transferred to a specified terminal devices to be corrected, complemented, confirmed, etc., and, after approval of the transaction, the transaction is executed.

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