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Portable card reader and card settlement system

US7011246B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
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10Claims
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Filing dateSep 10, 2002
Grant dateMar 14, 2006
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F7/0886
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A portable card reader device performs storing credit card inquiry information and freight information of a plurality of consumers that exist in a certain delivery area at a hard disk, reading information of settlement credit card for settlement by a card reader, and inputting the method of payment for the amount money for merchandise by a keyboard when the merchandise is handed to a consumer, performing credit inquiry based on stored credit card inquiry information of a plurality of consumers and the read settlement card information of the consumer at a control unit, and settling the amount money for the merchandise according to freight information when the settlement credit card is valid as a result of the credit card inquiry.

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