Tabletop terminal for point of sale purchases
OwnerDouglas O. Buchanan, Paul Douglas Brockinventors
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Abstract
A method of manufacture of a point of sale terminal for placement in a secure location comprising the following steps: (a) providing a payment terminal having: information output means; means for user input; a processor; and communication means for programming said processor; (b) providing a bill reader; programming said processor to instruct said payment terminal to accept information from said bill reader via said communication means; and connecting said bill reader to said payment terminal via said communication means.
Claims34
A method of manufacture of a point of sale terminal for placement in a secure location comprising the following steps:
- (a) providing a payment terminal having:
- (i) information output means;
- (ii) means for user input;
- (iii) a processor;
- (iv) communication means for programming said processor;
- (b) providing a bill reader;
- (b) programming said processor to instruct said payment terminal to accept information from said bill reader via said communication means;
- (c) connecting said bill reader to said payment terminal via said communication means.
A stand alone point of sale terminal for placement in a secure location and for use by a purchaser comprising:
- (a) information output means;
- (b) means for user input;
- (c) a processor;
- (d) a bill reader;
- and
- (e) means for storing bills
- wherein said terminal is portable.
A method for a purchaser to make a purchase comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a portable, standalone point of sale terminal in a secure location having:
- a bill reader;
- information output means;
- a processor;
- means for user input;
- (b) said purchaser selecting a purchase using said input means;
- (c) said purchaser paying for said purchase by placing cash within said bill reader.
A method of manufacture of a point of sale terminal for placement in a secure location comprising the following steps:
- (a) providing a payment terminal adapted for receiving monetary value information via cards or via manual input;
- (b) providing a bill reader;
- (c) programming said payment terminal to receive monetary value information from said bill reader;
- (d) connecting said bill reader to said payment terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.