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US 2013/0097084 A1Published application
Utility metering system incorporating a transaction authorisation system
AssigneeSecure Electrans Limited
InventorsMichael Jarman, Gavin Howard
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Abstract
A transaction authorisation system comprises a user interface unit 30 capable of accepting a transaction authorisation and a utility meter 10 provided at a location having an associated location identifier unique to the location, wherein the utility meter 10 is arranged to communicate with the user interface unit 10, to obtain a transaction authorisation, and to transmit an authorisation request based on the transaction authorisation and location identifier to obtain authorisation of the transaction.
Claims20
A transaction authorization system comprising:
- a user interface unit operable to accept user inputs on a transaction and including a card reader device ;
- and,
- a utility meter provided at a location having an associated location identifier unique to the location,
- wherein the card reader device is arranged to read data from a card to be charged for the transaction, the utility meter and the user interface unit being arranged to communicate, to generate a transaction authorization request based on the user inputs on the transaction, on data on the card read by the card reader device and on the location identifier, and to transmit the transaction authorization request to a remote authorization authority to obtain authorization of the transaction.
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A transaction authorization system comprising:
- a user interface unit operable to accept user inputs on a transaction and including a card reader device;
- and,
- a utility meter provided at a location having an associated location identifier unique to the location,
- wherein the card reader device is connectable to a computer,
- and, when connected to a computer, is operable to make necessary transaction authorization requests in response to electronic transactions initiated on the computer arranged to read data from a card to be charged for the transaction, the utility meter and the user interface unit being arranged to communicate, to generate the transaction authorization request based on the user inputs on the transaction, on data on the card read by the card reader device and on the location identifier, and to transmit the transaction authorization request to a remote authorization authority to obtain authorization of the transaction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.