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Access-control equipment
Assignee: Chubb Integrated Systems Ltd
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Filing: 1967-05-01
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Granted: 1975-09-16
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Expires: 1987-05-01
Abstract
Abstract A money-dispensing system dispenses a pack of money upon request by an authorized bank-customer, the request involving presentation to a card-reader of the customer''s individuallyallotted punched-card, and operation of a set of ten push-buttons in accordance with the customer''s personal-identification number. The system dispenses a pack of money only if there is correspondence between this number entered by the push-buttons and a number that is read by the card-reader from the card.
Inventors
- 👤 Anthony Ivan Oliveira Davies
- 👤 James Goodfellow
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 02:06
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F19/00; G07F19/20; G07F19/202
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
131 words
Access-control equipment for selectively enabling access to a facility comprising: first means for receiving a coded token presented to the equipment to read from the received token information encoded thereon, second means that is operable manuAlly for entering into the equipment a plural-character word, the word entered being dependent upon manual selection, third means that is selectively operable for enabling access to said facility, fourth means to effect comparison for correspondence between said information read from the token and said word entered into the equipment, said fourth means including means to operate said third means to enable access to said facility in dependence upon whether a predetermined correspondence exists between said information and said manually entered word, and recording means including a printer for providing a printed record of said information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
131 words
Access-control equipment for selectively enabling access to a facility comprising: first means for receiving a coded token presented to the equipment to read from the received token information encoded thereon, second means that is operable manuAlly for entering into the equipment a plural-character word, the word entered being dependent upon manual selection, third means that is selectively operable for enabling access to said facility, fourth means to effect comparison for correspondence between said information read from the token and said word entered into the equipment, said fourth means including means to operate said third means to enable access to said facility in dependence upon whether a predetermined correspondence exists between said information and said manually entered word, and recording means including a printer for providing a printed record of said information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
77 words
Access-control equipment according to claim 1 wherein said recording means is operable to record said information with selectively either of two distinctive characteristics, and wherein said equipment includes means responsive to the result of the comparison effected by said fourth means to operate the said recording means to record said information with one of said characteristics when said predetermined correspondence exists and to record said information with the other said characteristic when said predetermined correspondence is absent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
187 words
An item-dispensing apparatus comprising: means for receiving a coded token presented to the apparatus to read from the received token information encoded thereon; means which is operable manually for entering into the apparatus a plural-character word, the particular word entered being dependent upon manual selection; item-dispensing means that is selectively operable to dispense at least one item from a reserve of items upon each operation of the item-dispensing means, comparator means to effect comparison for correspondence between said information read from the token and the said word entered into the apparatus, said comparator means including means to operate said item-dispensing means to dispense said at least one item in dependence upon whether a predetermined correspondence exists between said information and said manually entered word, and means controlled by said comparator means for making a distinctive recording indicative of the dispensing of an item only in the event of correspondence between said plural character word entered manually into the equipment and said information read from the received token to thereby enable the printing out of billing information to an account related to said information read from the token.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
187 words
An item-dispensing apparatus comprising: means for receiving a coded token presented to the apparatus to read from the received token information encoded thereon; means which is operable manually for entering into the apparatus a plural-character word, the particular word entered being dependent upon manual selection; item-dispensing means that is selectively operable to dispense at least one item from a reserve of items upon each operation of the item-dispensing means, comparator means to effect comparison for correspondence between said information read from the token and the said word entered into the apparatus, said comparator means including means to operate said item-dispensing means to dispense said at least one item in dependence upon whether a predetermined correspondence exists between said information and said manually entered word, and means controlled by said comparator means for making a distinctive recording indicative of the dispensing of an item only in the event of correspondence between said plural character word entered manually into the equipment and said information read from the received token to thereby enable the printing out of billing information to an account related to said information read from the token.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
An item-dispensing system in a bank according to claim 3, said item-dispensing means being means to dispense packets of money.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
An item-dispensing system according to claim 4 including means for reading from said token information additional to said information compared with said manually-entered word, and means for recording said additional information.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
163 words
A method of machine-authorized dispensing in accordance with a customer''s request using a card encoded with a customer-related number comprising: inserting the card into the machine unaccompanied by any other item, manually setting into said machine a code number individual to the customer, reading through the machine the customer-related number encoded on the card, comparing through the machine the customer-related number read from the card with the manually entered number to detect whether a predetermined unique relationship exists between the two numbers, mechanically performing a dispensing operation to the customer only upon detection that said unique relationship exists but independently of any requirement for insertion into the machine by the customer of any item other than said card, and machine recording the customer-related number read from the card to provide, only when said comparing step shows that said unique relationship exists, a record indicative of the dispensing operation to thereby enable the printing out of billing information directed to said customer related number.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
163 words
A method of machine-authorized dispensing in accordance with a customer''s request using a card encoded with a customer-related number comprising: inserting the card into the machine unaccompanied by any other item, manually setting into said machine a code number individual to the customer, reading through the machine the customer-related number encoded on the card, comparing through the machine the customer-related number read from the card with the manually entered number to detect whether a predetermined unique relationship exists between the two numbers, mechanically performing a dispensing operation to the customer only upon detection that said unique relationship exists but independently of any requirement for insertion into the machine by the customer of any item other than said card, and machine recording the customer-related number read from the card to provide, only when said comparing step shows that said unique relationship exists, a record indicative of the dispensing operation to thereby enable the printing out of billing information directed to said customer related number.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1978-09-15 | 1979-03-17 | 1979-09-16 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1982-09-15 | 1983-03-17 | 1983-09-16 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1986-09-15 | 1987-03-17 | 1987-09-16 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |