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US 2001/0037249 A1Published application
Mobile electronic payment terminal
OwnerPeter Fitzgerald, Paul Knightinventors
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Abstract
A mobile electronic payment terminal to which a standard mobile communications device such as a cellular telephone may be connected to enable full mobile EFTPOS transactions to occur. The assembly of terminal and communications device is able to be held by hand. The invention conveniently reduces or eliminates the need for a merchant to purchase a dedicated communications device for EFTPOS transactions thus reducing cost.
Claims7
A hand held mobile financial transaction terminal, said terminal including a first card reader for reading a customer card;
- a secure keypad;
- display means;
- processing means for receiving data from said first card reader and said secure keypad, so as to conduct any required local processing, display appropriate messages on said display, and communicate with a remote host if required;
- interface means for enabling communication and control signals to be sent to and received from a communications device;
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- mechanical retaining means integral with said terminal for selective attachment of said communications device to said terminal providing operational contact with said interface means, wherein the communications device and terminal operatively form an integrated hand held unit, allowing selective removal of said communications device, said communications device being capable of independent operation when separated from said terminal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.