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US 9,122,972 B2Granted
Card holder device
AssigneeJd Conn, Inc.
InventorsJoseph D. Conn, Atha Jamar Neal, III
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Abstract
A card storage device for storing payment cards, such as credit and debit cards or other media in an orderly fashion. The device may be used at a food and/or drink establishment. The device securely stores a number of cards for a number of patrons who wish to open a tab at a bar, pub, restaurant, or other service environment.
Claims20
A card holder device comprising:
- a main housing, the main housing defining an opening to receive the at least one card;
- a storage mechanism having at least one storage area to store the at least one card, wherein the storage mechanism rotates about an axis perpendicular to a bottom surface of the main housing, wherein the at least one card is received in and retrieved from the storage mechanism along another axis perpendicular to the bottom surface of the main housing;
- a card reader device to acquire data from the at least one card;
- and
- a card holder system comprising:
- a processor;
- memory;
- and
- a card storage application executed by the processor to:
- communicate with the card reader device to store the data acquired from the at least one card stored in the storage area in the memory;
- and
- control operation of the storage mechanism for storage of the at least one card in response to a storage request;
- and
- control operation of the storage mechanism for retrieval of the at least one card in response to a retrieval request.
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A card holder device comprising:
- a main housing defining an opening in a top surface of the main housing to receive at least one card inserted therein;
- a transportation mechanism comprising at least one roller to engage the at least one card received at the opening, wherein the transportation mechanism engages opposing surfaces of the at least one card to grip the at least one card to:
- advance the at least one card into the main housing in response to a storage request, wherein the at least one card is advanced into the main housing along a path parallel to an axis perpendicular to a bottom surface of the main housing;
- and
- advance the at least one card out of the main housing in response to a retrieval request, wherein the at least one card is advanced out of the main housing along the path parallel to the axis perpendicular to the bottom surface of the main housing;
- a storage mechanism having at least one storage area to receive the at least one card from the transportation mechanism and to store the at least one card in a particular storage area, wherein the storage mechanism rotates about the axis perpendicular to the bottom surface of the main housing;
- a card reader device to acquire data from the at least one card;
- a card holder system comprising:
- a processor;
- memory;
- and
- a card storage application executed by the processor to:
- communicate with the card reader device to store the data acquired from the at least one card in the memory, the data being further associated with the particular storage area;
- control operation of the storage mechanism for storage of the at least one card in the particular storage area in response to the storage request;
- and
- control operation of the storage mechanism for retrieval of the at least one card from the particular storage area in response to the retrieval request.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.