Point of service transaction management for service facilities
AssigneeImagevision.Net, LLC
InventorsDavid Millary, Ken Blessing, Brian Clementoni
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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.
Claims18
A computerized, integrated point of service transaction management system, comprising:
- at least two points of service within at least one service facility;
- at least one computing terminal, each having associated therewith at least one processor, 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 database, remotely from each of the at least one computing terminal;
- at least one bag containing at least one legal tender collected at one of the at least one computing terminal;
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- at least one virtual bag correspondent to at least one bag identifier within said database, wherein the bag identifier is associated with an originating one of the points of service, a location and a custody of the at least one bag;
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- wherein at least one of the virtual bag and the bag are uniquely associated with at least one of the bag identifiers;
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- wherein the location and custody of the at least one bag is continuously updated.
A method of accounting for transactions, comprising the steps of:
- providing at least two points of service within at least one service facility;
- providing at least one computing terminal, each having associated therewith at least one processor, at each of the at least two points of service at the at least one service facility;
- providing at least one computerized transaction database associated with each of the at least one processors for relationally and electronically tracking, within said database, remotely from each of the at least one computing terminal;
- providing at least one bag containing at least one legal tender collected at one of the at least one computing terminal;
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- creating at least one virtual bag correspondent to at least one bag identifier within said database, wherein the bag identifier is associated with an originating one of the points of service, a location and a custody of the at least one bag;
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- wherein at least one of the virtual bag and the bag are uniquely associated with at least one of the bag identifiers;
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- wherein the location and custody of the at least one bag is continuously updated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.