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.
Claims39
A method comprising:
- (a) reading card data from a customer's card with a card reader in supporting connection with a body at a customer station;
- (b) storing card data read from the card in memory housed in the body;
- (c) moving the body from the customer station to a service provider station through a tube by pneumatic pressure;
- (d) outputting signals corresponding to the card data through an output device on the body at the service provider station.
A method comprising:
- (a) reading indicia corresponding to a financial account with a reading device on a body, adjacent to a customer station;
- (b) storing data corresponding to the indicia in a memory in supporting connection with a body;
- (c) moving the body from the customer station to a service provider station through a tube responsive to pneumatic pressure;
- (d) outputting signals corresponding to the indicia through an output device in operative connection with the memory at the service provider station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.