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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:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brock Kolls, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Assignee:
USA Technologies, Inc., Wayne, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235381 ;
Abstract
A system and method for controlling and monitoring credit card transactions of a vending machine that dispenses and/or encodes prepaid cards. The system reads magnetically stored information from a credit card or debit card, receives an authorization amount for a transaction from a credit verification source or determines whether a selected prepaid amount is below a maximum allowed transaction amount, and stores transaction information. The system also controls the vending of the use of a general purpose computer and peripheral devices.