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Write input credit transaction apparatus and method with paperless merchant credit card processing

US6539363B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 30, 1990
Grant dateMar 25, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07G5/00
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for generating a completed payment document ready for signature in image form and enabling signature in image form, storing the image and providing a printed copy of the document including the signature. A write input device for showing the image and enabling the signature includes a transparent interactive digitizing element with writing stylus, a display module positioned beneath the digitizing element and visible therethrough, and optionally a magnetic stripe reader for providing document-related information for the display. The device is embodied in a system which also includes a point of sale terminal, a printer for printing records of transactions processed by the system and a controller operatively coupled to other elements of the system.

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