Patent ID: 6292711
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: G06Q,G07F,G07G

Abstract:
A financial document dispenser comprising:a digital bus;a document variables data input and selection device coupled to said digital bus;a financial document printer coupled to said digital bus and operative to print a financial document;a digital data input port arranged to communicate with a peripheral device via an external data link, said digital data input port being coupled to said digital bus;an operational program storage device coupled to said digital bus;a companion document data storage device coupled to said digital bus; and,a digital controller coupled to said digital bus and, programmed tocause said document printer to print a financial document in response to document variables data input or selected at said document variables data input and selection device, wherein said document variables data corresponds to financial document data,cause companion document data received from said peripheral device at said digital data input port to be stored in said companion document data storage device, andcause said document printer to print a companion document in response to said companion document data received from said peripheral device at said digital data input port and stored in said companion document data storage device.