Cash transaction verification and crediting apparatus
US7783570B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 26, 2007 |
| Grant date | Aug 24, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F19/203
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
To enable the payment of charges, for example those for mobile telephones, with cash there is provided an automated terminal for receiving payments including an input for currency notes, an acceptor for such currency notes and an input for information on an account for charges to which payment is required together with a control arrangement to record said account information and the value of acceptable currency notes fed in, to relate said information to said value as payment to said account and to hold said related information and value and acceptable currency notes available for retrieval. In this way a user need not have a bank account to make a payment to an account with a service provider.
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