US 6,611,810 B1Granted

Store display window connected to an electronic commerce terminal

AssigneeUSA Technologies, Inc.

InventorH. Brock Kolls

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a universal advertising and payment system and method for retail store applications including point of sale transactions, and window display transactions. Additionally, the present invention relates to transacting e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business and for communicating voice and data. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a universal advertising and payment system and method for networking, monitoring and effectuating e-mail, e-commerce, and e-business and controlling vending locations and equipment. The system can effectuate electronic commerce and interactive advertising at the point of sale in this instance in retail stores as a point of sale device and in storefront window displays. Vending locations and equipment includes point of sale systems, property management systems, management information systems, and retail stores including credit card processing terminals and retail store window display areas. In addition, vending equipment can include copiers, phones (public, private, cellular), facsimile machines, printers, data-ports, laptop print stations, notebook computers, palmtop computers (PALM PILOT), microfiche devices, projectors, scanners, cameras, modems, communication access, personal data assistants (PDA's), pagers, and other vending machines, personal computers (PC), PC terminals (NET PC), and network computers (NC). Vending locations and equipment can be networked to each other through a first network, programmable and accessible by a PC, server, point of sale (POS) system, property or management information system (PMS/MIS), and networked to a second network.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A store display window for displaying displays of incentive-based advertising of products to a user, comprising:

an electronic commerce terminal operationally connected to said store display window for allowing the user to select at least one of said products, said electronic commerce terminal facilitating an incentive-based purchase of one or more of said products, said electronic commerce terminal includes:
a controller for controlling said display of said incentive-based advertising on said store display window;
identification means coupled to said controller for accepting an identification from said user;
dynamic information interchange means for dynamically interchanging said user identification for a further form of user identification;
equipment control means interconnected with said controller for interfacing said controller to said store display window;
storage means in communication with said controller for storing a plurality of incentive-based advertising terms for an incentive for said user;
comparison means for comparing said user selection to said terms for said incentive;
controlling means for controlling a delivery of said incentive to said user in response to said comparison means;
first determining means for determining whether a period of non-use of said electronic commerce terminal has occurred;
second determining means for determining if said period of non-use exceeds a predetermined time period and generating an output signal;
generating means for generating an error message based on said output signal from said second determining means;
third determining means for determining if at least one of a system limit and a authorization limit of said user is at least one of reached and exceeded and generating an output based on said determination;
means for reauthorizing said user based on said output of said third determining means;
and
means for reprocessing said incentive-based purchase based on said reauthorization.

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A store display window for displaying advertising of products to a user, comprising:

an electronic commerce terminal operationally connected to said store display window for allowing said user to select at least one of said products, said electronic commerce terminal facilitating a purchase of one or more of said products, said electronic commerce terminal includes:
a controller for controlling said display of said advertising on said store display window;
identification means coupled to said controller for accepting an identification from said user;
dynamic identification interchange means for dynamically interchanging said user identification for a further form of user identification;
equipment control means interconnected with said controller for interfacing said controller to said store display window;
storage means in communication with said controller for storing a plurality of advertising terms for said user based on said further form of user identification;
comparison means for comparing said user selection to said advertising terms;
controlling means for controlling a delivery of an incentive to said user in response to said comparison means;
first determining means for determining whether a period of non-use of said electronic commerce terminal has occurred;
second determining means for determining if said period of non-use exceeds a predetermined time period and generating an output signal;
generating means for generating an error message based on the output signal from said second determining means;
third determining means for determining if at least one of a system limit and a authorization limit of said user is at least one of reached and exceeded and generating an output based on said determination;
means for reauthorizing said user-based on said output of said third determining means;
and
means for reprocessing said incentive-based purchase based on said reauthorization.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/335,460Filed 17 Jun 1999 · continuation in part
Priority: 20 Jul 1998
Granted: 26 Aug 2003
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

G07F 5/18
Coin-actuated mechanisms; Interlocks: specially adapted for controlling several coin-freed apparatus from one place
G06Q 10/10
Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
G06Q 20/327
Using wireless devices: short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
G06Q 30/0222
Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates: during e-commerce, i.e. online transactions

Family

Application60/093,475Us provisional application · filed 20 Jul 1998
Application09/293,129Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 16 Apr 1999
Application09/293,358Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 16 Apr 1999
US 2002/0077889 A1Published application
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