Patent ID: 6601037
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A public access electronic commerce terminal for vending products having an associated transaction data, displaying advertising and offsetting transaction processing fees, comprising:a controller linked to a communication network; a user input unit, operably linked to said controller, for allowing a user to input data into said controller; a first vending unit, operably linked to said controller, for vending a product selected by said user and stored locally in said first vending unit; identification means interconnected with said first vending unit for accepting at least one of a plurality of identification inputs from said user and for effectuating selectively a dynamic identification interchange of said at least one of said plurality of identification inputs by said communication network with said first vending unit, to effectuate payment or transaction processing for products or services vended from said first vending unit; means for determining at least one transaction processing fee, each one of said at least one transaction processing fee being based on a selection of at least one of said products by said user and a vending of said at least one of said products to said user; means for transmitting said at least one transaction processing fee to a remote location to determine a total transaction processing fee based on said at least one transaction processing fee; means for displaying advertising; means for determining a non-use period of said public access electronic commerce terminal; means for generating an error condition of said public access electronic commerce terminal based on an output of said non-use determining means; means for transmitting information relating to a display of said advertising by said means for displaying advertising over a period of time to said remote location; means for determining if at least one of a system limit and an authorization limit of said user is at least one of reached and exceeded; means for reauthorizing said user based on an output of said limit determining means; and means for reprocessing said transaction data based on said reauthorization.