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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. 24, 2002
Filed:
May. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sarah Woods, London, GB;
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 1/918 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 1/918 ;
Abstract
An educational banking apparatus is provided comprising a compartment for storing money, an aperture to allow money to be deposited into apparatus and an outlet to allow money to be withdrawn from the apparatus, balance determination means for determining the amount of money stored in the apparatus and communication means to allow transmission of balance information over a network to a remote location. The apparatus may be in a form that appeals to children such as a piggy bank and allows a child to save and become familiar with the concept of a bank account without out having to physically part with his or her money.