# US 10,872,691 B2 · Point of service transaction management for service facilities > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,872,691 B2 - Document ID: US10872691B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/943,726 - Filed: 2015-11-17 - Published: 2016-09-08 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2002-11-22 - Assignees: Imagevision.Net, LLC - Applicants: ImageVision.net, Inc. - Inventors: David Millary; Ken Blessing; Brian Clementoni - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10872691B2 ## CPC - G16H 40/20: for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms - G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management - G06Q 20/00: Payment architectures, schemes or protocols (apparatus for performing or posting payment transactions G07F7/08, G07F19/00; electronic cash registers G07G1/12) - G06Q 20/102: {Bill distribution or payments} - G06Q 20/20: Point-of-sale [POS] network systems - G06Q 20/202: {Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR} - G06Q 20/28: Pre-payment schemes, e.g. "pay before" - G06Q 30/02: Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising - G06Q 30/04: Billing or invoicing - G06Q 40/00: Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes - G06Q 40/03: Credit; Loans; Processing thereof - G06Q 40/04: Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange - G06Q 40/12: Accounting - G06Q 50/22: Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services - G16H 10/40: for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis - G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records - G16H 40/00: ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices - G16H 40/67: for remote operation - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract The present invention enables the collection by credit/debit card payment of customer co-pay and self-pay charges via an integrated point-of-service transaction management system and method. The system and method of the present invention may assist health care facilities in the collection of co-pay and self-pay charges at the time service is rendered. The present invention can be implemented anywhere cash, checks, credit cards or debit cards are accepted for payment. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computerized, integrated point of service transaction management system, comprising: at least two points of service within at least one service facility; at least two computing terminals, each having associated therewith at least one processor, at least one at each of the at least two points of service at the at least one service facility; at least one computerized transaction database associated with each of the at least one processors for relationally and electronically tracking, within said at least one computerized transaction database, remotely from each of the at least one computing terminal; at least one physical bag containing at least one legal tender collected at one of the at least two computing terminals; at least one virtual bag correspondent to at least one bag identifier within said database, wherein the at least one bag identifier is associated in the at least one computerized transaction database with an originating one of the points of service, a real time location and a real time custody of the at least one physical bag, and an enumeration of each of the legal tender placed within the physical bag and collected at the originating one of the points of service, a payor of each of the legal tender, and a service associated with each of the legal tender; and at least one physical bag identifier correspondent to the physical bag and to the at least one bag identifier within the at least one computerized transaction database, wherein the at least one physical bag identifier is generated at a central one of the originating one of the points of service for physical association with the at least one physical bag and is subjected to an updated physical printed receipt at multiple locations that reflects the real time location and real time custody of the at least one physical bag. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the service facility is a health care facility. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, where the legal tender consists of one of the group selected from cash and checks. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the central one of the originating one of the points of service is located within the at least one service facility. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one computerized transaction database comprises to an accounting system of the service facility. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one computerized transaction database is updated with a confirmation that the bag location is remote from the service facility. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one computerized transaction database is updated with a confirmation that the at least one legal tender was deposited in a bank.