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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1990
David M. Allgeier, Cumberland, OH (US);
Floyd Jones, Jr., Cambridge, OH (US);
Robert L. Protheroe, Cambridge, OH (US);
John F. Crooks, Cambridge, OH (US);
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A method and system for generating a completed payment document ready for signature in image form and enabling signature in image form, storing the image and providing a printed copy of the document including the signature. A write input device for showing the image and enabling the signature includes a transparent interactive digitizing element with writing stylus, a display module positioned beneath the digitizing element and visible therethrough, and optionally a magnetic stripe reader for providing document-related information for the display. The device is embodied in a system which also includes a point of sale terminal, a printer for printing records of transactions processed by the system and a controller operatively coupled to other elements of the system.