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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2004
Applicant:
Robert W. Ash, Andover, MN (US);
Inventor:
Robert W. Ash, Andover, MN (US);
Assignee:
Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of sale including processing a plurality of purchases to be sold to a consumer, identifying a consumer financial account held by a financial institution, receiving authorization from the financial institution to enable payment for the plurality of purchases from the consumer financial account, and providing the consumer with an option to approve the payment from the consumer financial account. The option is provided during processing of the plurality of purchases. Transaction approval systems provide additional advantages.