Verifone Gmbh

James S Arakaki

Allan Avnet

J Mark Stanton

Jeffrey K Sasaki

Harold Chen

Alan B Roberts

David Crawford

A microprocessor-based telephone having a housing, a lower key panel positioned within a top portion of the housing, and an upper key panel hingedly mounted to the housing to swing away and reveal the lower key panel. The lower key panel carries an alphanumeric keyboard thereon to enable a user to perform alphanumeric data entry. The upper key panel carries a telephone keypad to enable a user to dial telephone numbers.

Telephone-terminal combination with plural keyboards

Transaction terminal console

A paystation device adapted to be coupled to a transaction terminal for carrying out a transaction between a seller and a buyer using a smart card having a cash token value stored therein and having a current cash token value. A smart card interface accepts insertion of a smart card for reading a current cash token value stored therein and for writing a new cash token value thereto. A display device displays cash amounts. A communication interface communicates data messages between the paystation device and the transaction terminal. A programmed control unit is coupled to and operates the smart card interface, the display device, and the communication interface.

Method and apparatus for electronic cash transactions

Telephone terminal console

Illuminable transaction display for check-out counters

Transaction system console

Slip printer

Roll printer

Memory cartridge for a point of transaction terminal

Growing community of inventors

Loomis, CA, United States of America

James S Arakaki