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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Coveley, Thornhill, CA;
Assignee:
1273239 Ontario Limited, , CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
343702 ; 343906 ;
Abstract
A financial transaction terminal includes an outer casing including a keypad to allow financial transaction data to be entered. A card reader is accommodated by the outer casing to receive and read a credit, debit or smart card. A processor is within the outer casing and is in communication with the keypad and the card reader. The processing means generates a financial transaction request in response to financial transaction data input by the keypad and read by the card reader. An RF transceiver including a rotatable antenna is in communication with the processor to transmit the financial transaction request to a remote location.