Patent ID: 6588664
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A method for printing a purchased secure token at a self service terminal, the self service terminal having a card reader, a standard receipt printer and central processing unit, the steps comprising:inserting a financial card into the card reader to provide data about a user; communicating with a remote database to transmit token transaction related data to a remote database and to receive token information including security information from the remote database; printing the secure token with the standard receipt printer, the central processing unit being further operable to control the printer to print a unique bar code based upon the security information on the secure token; presenting the secure token to a first bar code scanner located in close proximity to a first venue requiring authorized access; reading the unique bar code from the secure token, communicating the read bar code information to the remote database; validating the secure token by comparing the read bar code information against token transaction related data stored in the remote database; presenting the secure token to a second bar code scanner located in close proximity to a second venue requiring authorized access; reading the unique bar code from the secure token; communicating to the remote database the read bar code information and time and location information of token presentment; and authonizing, access to second venue by considering an expected time to travel between first and second venue and the time and location of token presentment.