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Service method using on-line systems of financial institutions

US5774884A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 8, 1995
Grant dateJun 30, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 8, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07C15/006
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A service is added to the mechanical use of dedicated terminals of a financial institution to thereby attain a differentiation of the financial institution from the other financial institutions. In executing a predetermined item of transaction by using a dedicated terminal, a lottery is performed on a magnetic code by a lottery system provided in a central computer processing system, and a predetermined advantage is imparted to the magnetic code when the lot falls upon it.

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