Patent ID: 7810721

Claim:
A method for reconciling transactions for an unattended vending device, the method comprising: creating a transaction data packet having transaction information for a credit transaction carried out on the vending device, wherein the vending device is configured to conduct a credit based vending transaction; forwarding the transaction data packet for the credit transaction to a host processor; adding a host transaction identifier to the transaction data packet to create a modified transaction data packet for the transaction; sending the modified transaction data packet to a merchant processor; receiving an interim report from the merchant processor; calculating and applying individual interchange values to the transaction using stored rate table values; assigning a vending device identifier using the host transaction identifier to the modified transaction packet; identifying a correct time and date of a respective machine fill corresponding to the transaction on the vending device; forwarding transaction information to a vending device route operator; and assigning the transaction to the vending device against a specific fill period for a total card transaction value and a card transaction value net merchant processor and association fees.