Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Credit or identification card systems
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-03
2010-10-12
Trail, Allyson N (Department: 2876)
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Credit or identification card systems
C235S375000, C235S379000, C705S030000, C705S039000, C705S071000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07810721
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to systems and methods for reconciliation or settlement of vending machine accounts. The present invention creates a transaction data packet having a transaction information for a credit transaction carried out on the vending device, where the vending device is configured to conduct a credit based vending transaction, forwards the transaction data packet for the credit transaction to a host processor, adds a host transaction identifier to the transaction data packet to create a modified transaction data packet for the transaction; sends the modified transaction data packet it to a merchant processor, receives an interim report from the merchant processor, calculates and applies individual interchange values to the transaction using stored rate table values, assigns a vending device identifier using the host transaction identifier to the modified transaction packet, identifies a correct time and date of a respective machine fill corresponding to the transaction on the vending device, forwards transaction information to a vending device route operator, and assigns the transaction to the vending device against a specific fill period for a total card transaction value and a card transaction value net merchant processor and association fees.
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Powell John
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
Trail Allyson N
Transaction Network Services, Inc.
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