Patent ID: 6527192
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: G06Q,G07F,G07G

Abstract:
An order selection debit card for placing an order compiled from selections available at the order selection debit card for subsequent filling of the order at a provider site placed at a remote location, the order selection debit card comprising:a card body having an obverse face; a display arrangement on the obverse face, the display arrangement including a selection display corresponding to a plurality of items available for selection and a plurality of quantities of each item available for selection; a selector on the card body for choosing selected items and quantities from the available items and quantities; a value memory in the card body for storing information pertaining to a given value available in the card; a compiler in the card body for compiling an order in response to the selector, in accordance with the selected items and quantities; an order information transfer device in the card body for transferring order information pertaining to the compiled order from the card body to the provider site at the remote location to place the compiled order and for receiving a confirmation of the placement of the confirmed order; a calculator in the card body for determining a compiled value of the compiled order based upon the selected items and quantities; and a comparator in the card body for comparing the compiled value to the given value available in the card to determined if the given value is sufficient to meet the compiled value for release of the compiled order to the order information transfer device, for releasing the compiled order to the information transfer device for placement of the compiled order upon determining that the given value is sufficient to meet the compiled value and, upon placement of the compiled order and response to receiving the confirmation of the placement of the confirmed order, to deduct the compiled value from the given value and establish in the value memory a current given value available in the card subsequent to placement of the compiled order.