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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
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);
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, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
The Western Union Company, Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
A point-of-sale device useful in relation to a variety of circumstances and/or utilization methods. Various implementations of such point-of-sale devices are disclosed. For example, one particular point-of-sale device includes a base unit adapted for performing merchant functions and a peripheral unit adapted to perform customer functions. The base unit can include a base unit housing with a processor disposed therein and capable of supporting a variety of transaction types.