Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Banking systems
Patent
1996-12-31
2000-12-26
Pitts, Harold I.
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Banking systems
235380, G06F 1530
Patent
active
061645281
ABSTRACT:
A point of sale system designed to read information from a consumer's check, credit card, or manual input with a subsequent debiting of a consumer's account and crediting merchant's account for the goods or services provided. Point of sale terminals are designed to accept a form of credit card with a consumer's bank account information encoded thereon or in the alternative to read the MICR number from a consumer's check in order to verify that a consumer has an appropriate balance to conduct the transaction with a given merchant. Thereafter the transaction of that information is transmitted to a central computer system which verifies the consumer's credit worthiness and stores the transaction event information for subsequent bank reconciliation via the ACH or other competing network. The invention eliminates the need for paper checks with all bank reconciliation being accomplished electronically. The present invention also includes fraud protection provisions such as velocity controls, social security checks, and scans. The present invention has the further flexibility to differentiate between "first time" consumer usage and those limits otherwise assigned to "known" consumer accounts. Additionally, there is not need for the present system to retain the consumer's check after verification.
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Hills Robert R.
Nichols Henry R.
ChequeMark Patent Inc.
Pitts Harold I.
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