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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2001
Andrew Monaghan, Dundee, GB;
John G. Savage, Fife, GB;
Mark M. Grossi, Dundee, GB;
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A self-service terminal () having a port () for transferring data is described. The terminal () includes a program () for informing a user about one or more electronic collectables () that a user can request, and for transferring a requested electronic collectable () to the user. The electronic collectables () typically comprise an image (), an associated description () of the image, and file format information (). A portable device () for accessing such a terminal () is also described. The device () comprises a program () for receiving a transferred electronic collectable () and for presenting at least part of the transferred electronic collectable so that a user of the device () can view an image and text portion of an electronic collectable () downloaded from the terminal ().