Patent ID: 6182893
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A system for enabling a credit or debit transaction on a stand-alone attendant-less retail apparatus comprising:(a) a primary reader for receiving data from an information bearing medium situated on the exterior housing of the stand-alone attendant-less retail apparatus;(b) an auxiliary reader for receiving data from an information bearing medium situated on the exterior housing of the stand-alone attendant-less retail apparatus such that said auxiliary reader is accessible to handicapped individuals;(c) an interface board coupled to said primary and auxiliary readers wherein said interface board receives data from said primary and auxiliary readers and is capable of distinguishing whether said primary or auxiliary reader is sending data wherein said interface board processes the incoming data and attaches identification information to an output signal indicating the original source of the input information; and(d) a local processing board coupled to said interface board for accepting and processing the output signal from said interface board and forwarding same to a processing device in order to verify and complete the desired transaction.