US4734859A
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Method and apparatus for handling transaction slips including illegible characters
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1985-08-22
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Granted: 1988-03-29
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Expires: 2005-08-22
Abstract
Abstract In a transaction processing system in which a plurality of terminal devices are connected to a common transmission line to carry out transactions on the basis of the contents of transaction slips read out by the terminal devices, a transaction can be continued even when misreading or reject is detected in the results of reading of a transaction slip. When misreading or reject is detected, data read out from the transaction slip are transferred to a specified terminal devices to be corrected, complemented, confirmed, etc., and, after approval of the transaction, the transaction is executed.
Inventors
- 👤 Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi
- 👤 Ken Onomoto
- 👤 Takashi Nakamura
- 👤 Yasuo Okuma
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 22:44
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q40/00; G06Q40/02; G06K; G06K17/00; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/10; G06Q20/108; G06Q20/1085; G07; G07F; G07F19/00; G07F19/20; G07F19/201
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
208 words
A method for handling transaction slips in a transaction processing system in which at least two terminal devices are connected to a common transmission line to transfer data including the hand-written contents of transaction slips to carry out transactions on the basis of said data, comprising: reading from a transaction slip data which has been hand-written by a person initiating a transaction on the basis of said transaction slip using a first terminal device, in which the read out data may contain illegible characters; transferring the data read out by said first terminal device to a second terminal device through said common transmission line at least when the data is misread or rejected in said first terminal device due to the presence of illegible characters in the data; correcting the data in said second terminal device; transferring the corrected data from said second terminal device to said first terminal device through said common transmission line; obtaining an approval for the corrected data from the person initiating the transaction on the basis of said transaction slip in said first terminal device; and indicating that an execution of the transaction based on the corrected data is allowable when the approval is received by said first terminal device from said person.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
208 words
A method for handling transaction slips in a transaction processing system in which at least two terminal devices are connected to a common transmission line to transfer data including the hand-written contents of transaction slips to carry out transactions on the basis of said data, comprising: reading from a transaction slip data which has been hand-written by a person initiating a transaction on the basis of said transaction slip using a first terminal device, in which the read out data may contain illegible characters; transferring the data read out by said first terminal device to a second terminal device through said common transmission line at least when the data is misread or rejected in said first terminal device due to the presence of illegible characters in the data; correcting the data in said second terminal device; transferring the corrected data from said second terminal device to said first terminal device through said common transmission line; obtaining an approval for the corrected data from the person initiating the transaction on the basis of said transaction slip in said first terminal device; and indicating that an execution of the transaction based on the corrected data is allowable when the approval is received by said first terminal device from said person.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said step of correcting the data in said second terminal device comprises displaying the data received from said first terminal device, viewing the displayed data to detect the correct meaning thereof, and correcting the displayed data to indicate the correct meaning.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said step of obtaining approval for the corrected data includes displaying the corrected data at said first terminal device and receiving a signal from said person initiating the transaction indicating whether the displayed corrected data is approved.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
250 words
A method for handling transaction slips in a transaction processing system in which at least two terminal devices are connected to a common transmission line to transfer data including the hand-written contents of transaction slips to carry out transactions on the basis of said data, comprising: reading from a transaction slip data which has been hand-written by a person initiating a transaction on the basis of said transaction slip using a first terminal device in which the read out data may contain illegible characters; comparing at least a portion of the read out data indicating a condition of the transaction with a predetermined condition; transferring the data read out by said first terminal device to a second terminal device through said common transmission line at least when the data is misread or rejected in said first terminal device due to the presence of illegible characters in the data or when the condition of the transaction corresponds to the predetermined condition; correcting the data in said second terminal device; approving the transaction in said second terminal device; transferring the correct and/or approved data from said second terminal device to said first terminal device through said common transmission line; obtaining an approval for the corrected data from the person initiating the transaction on the basis of said transaction slip in said first terminal device; and indicating that an execution of the transaction based on the corrected data is allowable when the approval is received by said first terminal device from said person.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
250 words
A method for handling transaction slips in a transaction processing system in which at least two terminal devices are connected to a common transmission line to transfer data including the hand-written contents of transaction slips to carry out transactions on the basis of said data, comprising: reading from a transaction slip data which has been hand-written by a person initiating a transaction on the basis of said transaction slip using a first terminal device in which the read out data may contain illegible characters; comparing at least a portion of the read out data indicating a condition of the transaction with a predetermined condition; transferring the data read out by said first terminal device to a second terminal device through said common transmission line at least when the data is misread or rejected in said first terminal device due to the presence of illegible characters in the data or when the condition of the transaction corresponds to the predetermined condition; correcting the data in said second terminal device; approving the transaction in said second terminal device; transferring the correct and/or approved data from said second terminal device to said first terminal device through said common transmission line; obtaining an approval for the corrected data from the person initiating the transaction on the basis of said transaction slip in said first terminal device; and indicating that an execution of the transaction based on the corrected data is allowable when the approval is received by said first terminal device from said person.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
48 words
A method according to claim 4, wherein said step of correcting the data in said second terminal device comprises displaying the data received from said first terminal device, viewing the displayed data to detect the correct meaning thereof, and correcting the displayed data to indicate the correct meaning.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
A method according to claim 5, wherein said step of obtaining approval for the corrected data includes displaying the corrected data at said first terminal device and receiving a signal from said person initiating the transaction indicating whether the displayed corrected data is approved.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
219 words
An apparatus for handling transaction slips in a transaction processing system in which at least two terminal devices are connected to a common transmission line to transfer data including the hand-written contents of transaction slips to carry out transactions on the basis of said data, comprising: means for reading from a transaction slip data which has been hand-written by a person initiating a transaction on the basis of said transaction slip in a first terminal device in which the read out data may contain illegible characters; means for the data read out by said first terminal device to a second terminal device through said common transmission line at least when the data is misread or rejected in said first terminal device due to the presence of illegible characters in the data; means for correcting the data in said second terminal device; means for transferring the corrected data from said second terminal device to said first terminal device through said common transmission line; means for obtaining an approval for the corrected data from the person initiating the transaction on the basis of said transaction slip in said first terminal device; and means for indicating that an execution of the transaction based on the corrected data is allowable when the approval is received by said first terminal device from said person.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
219 words
An apparatus for handling transaction slips in a transaction processing system in which at least two terminal devices are connected to a common transmission line to transfer data including the hand-written contents of transaction slips to carry out transactions on the basis of said data, comprising: means for reading from a transaction slip data which has been hand-written by a person initiating a transaction on the basis of said transaction slip in a first terminal device in which the read out data may contain illegible characters; means for the data read out by said first terminal device to a second terminal device through said common transmission line at least when the data is misread or rejected in said first terminal device due to the presence of illegible characters in the data; means for correcting the data in said second terminal device; means for transferring the corrected data from said second terminal device to said first terminal device through said common transmission line; means for obtaining an approval for the corrected data from the person initiating the transaction on the basis of said transaction slip in said first terminal device; and means for indicating that an execution of the transaction based on the corrected data is allowable when the approval is received by said first terminal device from said person.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
39 words
An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said correcting means in said second terminal device includes a high accuracy read-only processing unit having a higher degree of operating accuracy than said data reading means in said first terminal device.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
266 words
An apparatus for handling transaction slips in a transaction processing system in which at least two terminal devices are connected to a common transmission line to transfer data including the hand-written contents of transaction slips to carry out transactions on the basis of said data, comprising: means for reading from a transaction slip data which has been hand-written by a person initiating a transaction on the basis of said transaction slip in a first terminal device in which the read out data may contain illegible characters; means for comparing at least a portion of the read out data indicating a condition of the transaction with a predetermined condition; means for transferring the data read out by said first terminal device to a second terminal device through said common transmission line at least when the data is misread or rejected in said first terminal device due to the presence of illegible characters in the data or when the condition of the transaction corresponds to the predetermined condition; means for correcting the data in said second terminal device; means for approving the transaction in said second terminal device; means for transferring the correct and/or approved data from said second terminal device to said first terminal device through said common transmission line; means for obtaining an approval for the corrected data from the person initiating the transaction on the basis of said transaction slip in said first terminal device; and means for indicating that an execution of the transaction based on the corrected data is allowable when the approval is received by said first terminal device from said person.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
266 words
An apparatus for handling transaction slips in a transaction processing system in which at least two terminal devices are connected to a common transmission line to transfer data including the hand-written contents of transaction slips to carry out transactions on the basis of said data, comprising: means for reading from a transaction slip data which has been hand-written by a person initiating a transaction on the basis of said transaction slip in a first terminal device in which the read out data may contain illegible characters; means for comparing at least a portion of the read out data indicating a condition of the transaction with a predetermined condition; means for transferring the data read out by said first terminal device to a second terminal device through said common transmission line at least when the data is misread or rejected in said first terminal device due to the presence of illegible characters in the data or when the condition of the transaction corresponds to the predetermined condition; means for correcting the data in said second terminal device; means for approving the transaction in said second terminal device; means for transferring the correct and/or approved data from said second terminal device to said first terminal device through said common transmission line; means for obtaining an approval for the corrected data from the person initiating the transaction on the basis of said transaction slip in said first terminal device; and means for indicating that an execution of the transaction based on the corrected data is allowable when the approval is received by said first terminal device from said person.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
39 words
An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said correcting means in said second terminal device includes a high accuracy read-only processing unit having a higher degree of operating accuracy than said data reading means in said first terminal device.
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