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US 2003/0149629 A1Published application
Method of point of sale investment
OwnerBo. T. Claridge, Damon Cash Claridgeinventors
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Abstract
A method of investment is provided in which an option to perform an on-demand investment transaction is displayed to a purchaser at a point-of-sale terminal upon completion of a point-of-sale transaction. If the chooses to proceed with the investment a request will be transmitted to the purchaser's bank, which maintains information regarding the purchaser's investment preferences. Upon receipt of the purchaser's investment request, the bank will review the purchaser's investment preferences and complete the transaction.
Claims11
A method of investment comprising the steps of:
- at a point-of-sale location,
- displaying an option to perform an on-demand investment transaction;
- and
- transmitting a request to complete the on-demand investment transaction in response to an action by a purchaser at the point-of-sale location;
- at a central location,
- receiving the request to perform the on-demand investment;
- retrieving investment-preference information for the purchaser;
- and
- completing the on-demand investment using the investment-preference information.
6 more elements
A method of investment comprising the steps of:
- associating a purchasing account with an investment account;
- prompting a user of the purchasing account to perform an on-demand investment transaction during a point-of-sale purchase transaction;
- completing the on-demand investment transaction by contributing to the investment account upon receipt of a request from the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.