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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2002
Earney Stoutenburg, Parker, CO (US);
Cassandra J. Mollett, Houston, TX (US);
James Price, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Charles A. Fillinger, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Eric M. Nelson, Waterloo, NE (US);
Dean A. Seifert, Parker, CO (US);
Jeffrey Singleton, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY (US);
First Data Corporation, Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
Among other things, the present invention provides a variety of systems and methods for effectuating transactions using a point-of-sale device. The present invention is applicable to a broad range of transaction types including but not limited to, money or other value transfers, value transfers, check acceptance protocols, loyalty program utilization, fraud detection, and the like. The methods of the present invention provide the ability to fulfill the various transaction types through access to one or more transaction systems accessible to the point-of-sale device. Thus, in some instances, a common point-of-sale device can be used to effectuate different transaction types depending upon which transaction systems are accessible to the point-of-sale device.