Automatic payment system

Abstract

Abstract PURPOSE: To obtain an automatic payment system where the payment to others' specific accounts is possible by a simpler operation. CONSTITUTION: Terminal equipment 1 includes ten keys 2, function keys 3, display device 41, card reader 51 provided in the card insertion entrance and printer 61 provided in the slip exit, and they are connected to a control circuit having memory circuit 12 as a buffer memory, and the output is given to terminal controller 7 through transmission controller 13 and is further linked with center 8 through a data transmission line. As a result, payment request data from terminal equipment 1 is transmitted to center 8, and center files are retrieved in the center to return data, which indicates that payment is possible, etc., to terminal equipment 1. Then, terminal equipment 1 issues a transaction detail slip on a basis of returned data or displays that pavment is impossible. COPYRIGHT: (C)1979,JPO&Japio

Inventors

• 👤 Hiroshi Honda
• 👤 Yoshitsugu Shinohara

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