ATM/POS based electronic mail system

Details ATM/POS based electronic mail system ATM/POS based electronic mail system

1993-10-04

1995-12-05

Hajec, Donald

Registers

Systems controlled by data bearing records

Credit or identification card systems

235379, 235375, 902 24, G06K 500

Patent

active

054731437

ABSTRACT:
The technical field of the invention generally concerns electronic mail systems. The present invention provides an ATM or POS system having a terminal (22, 24, 26, 28 or 34) and processor (18 or 36) which are connected to an ATM or POS data communications network. The network also includes a store and forward message switch (52) which stores user messages for remote retrieval and use as an electronic mail system (10) on a data communications network (42). Messages can be stored or retrieved through standard ATM or POS terminals, through a service bureau, through touch tone telephones (84) or via modems (76). Messages can be retrieved remotely and sent to a facsimile machine (82), a remote paging device, computer (72) or the like. Message information may include payment of user bills, completion of user financial transactions and transmission of information from a variety of databases. Such message information may be generated and transmitted by the system at times predetermined by the user.

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patent: 3956615 (1976-05-01), Anderson
patent: 4315101 (1982-02-01), Atalla
patent: 4321672 (1982-03-01), Braun
patent: 4673802 (1987-06-01), Ohmae
patent: 4902881 (1990-02-01), Janku
patent: 5265033 (1993-11-01), Vajk

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