Pneumatic transfer terminal and method of operation
AssigneeDiebold, Incorporated
InventorsDaniel S. McIntyre, Rodney J. Reese
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Abstract
A system (10) for carrying out transactions between a customer at a customer station (14) and a service provider at a service provider station (12), includes transferring a body (96, 140, 170) through a pneumatic transfer tube (26). The customer at the customer station provides inputs corresponding to a financial account through input devices on the body such as a card reader (72, 146, 172) and a keypad (74, 148, 172). Data input by the customer is stored in the memory (82, 158) on the body. After transfer to the service provider station, data in the memory is output to a charge device (56) which is operative to assess a charge to the customer's account responsive to data output from the memory.
Claims34
Apparatus comprising:
- a body adapted for movement in a pneumatic tube between a customer station and a service provider station, wherein the body includes in supporting connection therewith a card reader, a processor, a memory and an output device, wherein the body is adapted to read card data from a card through operation of the card reader and to store the card data in the memory when the body is at the customer station, and to output signals corresponding to the card data in the memory through the output device when the body is at the service provider station.
Apparatus comprising:
- a body adapted for movement in either a pneumatic tube or a movable drawer between a customer station and a service provider station, wherein the body includes a reader adapted for reading indicia corresponding to an account, a processor, a memory and an output device, and wherein at the customer station the body is adapted to read account data through operation of the reading device and to store the account data in the memory, and to output signals corresponding to the account data in the memory through the output device when the body is at the service provider station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.