Patent ID: 7850073
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: G06Q,G07F,G07G

Abstract:
1. A method of carrying out financial transfers responsive to data read from data bearing records, through operation of a system including, a purchasable item located in a merchant store, wherein the item has an anti-theft device associated therewith, wherein the item is associated with a bar code, a transaction payment system, wherein the transaction payment system includes a system host and a checkout terminal, wherein the terminal is associated with an anti-theft device neutralizer, wherein the host is remote from the merchant store, wherein the terminal is located in the merchant store, wherein the host is operative to communicate with the terminal, wherein the host is in operative connection with a data store, wherein the data store includes data usable to correlate bar code data with price amount data, a phone, wherein the phone includes a camera and programmable memory, wherein the camera is operative to capture at least one image, wherein the memory includes account data corresponding to a customer account; comprising: