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System and method for requesting and dispensing negotiable instruments
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 2000-02-04
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Granted: 2002-04-09
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Expires: 2020-02-04
Abstract
Abstract A system and method for requesting and dispensing negotiable instruments such as bank checks, money orders, and traveler's checks. An instrument may be requested in this system and method by a bank customer from a telephone, a computer, a fixed-location dispenser, or a portable, hand-held dispenser that is in communication with a bank computer. This request may be made orally, using touch tones, or using data transmission over a communication network that may include telephone lines, two-way radio links, microwave links, satellite links, cellular telephone links, computer networks, and the Internet. After a request is processed and approved, the requested instrument may then be dispensed at any time in this system and method to the bank customer or another party from any receive-only dispenser, fixed-location dispenser, or portable, hand-held dispenser that is also in communication with the bank computer.
Inventors
- 👤 John C. Novogrod
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 15:17
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F19/00; G07F19/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
A system that may be used by a bank customer to request and dispense a negotiable instrument, said system comprising: a bank computer; a communication network connected to said bank computer; a device that is in communication with said bank computer through said communication network and that is used by the bank customer to submit a request for the negotiable instrument to said bank computer, said request including a dispenser designation that does not designate said device; and an instrument dispenser that is in communication with said bank computer through said communication network, that is designated by said dispenser designation, and that receives information from said bank computer that enables said instrument dispenser to dispense the negotiable instrument.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
118 words
A system that may be used by a bank customer to request and dispense a negotiable instrument, said system comprising: a bank computer; a communication network connected to said bank computer; a device that is in communication with said bank computer through said communication network and that is used by the bank customer to submit a request for the negotiable instrument to said bank computer, said request including a dispenser designation that does not designate said device; and an instrument dispenser that is in communication with said bank computer through said communication network, that is designated by said dispenser designation, and that receives information from said bank computer that enables said instrument dispenser to dispense the negotiable instrument.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein said device is a customer telephone.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein said device is a customer computer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein said device is a fixed-location dispenser.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein said device is a portable, hand-held dispenser.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein said instrument dispenser is a receive-only dispenser.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein said instrument dispenser is a fixed-location dispenser.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein said instrument dispenser is a portable, hand-held dispenser.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
95 words
A method for requesting and dispensing a negotiable instrument, said method comprising: generating at least part of a request for a negotiable instrument using a device, wherein said at least a part of a request includes a designation of a designated instrument dispenser that is not said device; submitting said at least a part of a request to a bank computer through a communication network from said device; and receiving information from said bank computer through said communication network at said designated instrument dispenser that enables said designated instrument dispenser to dispense the negotiable instrument.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
95 words
A method for requesting and dispensing a negotiable instrument, said method comprising: generating at least part of a request for a negotiable instrument using a device, wherein said at least a part of a request includes a designation of a designated instrument dispenser that is not said device; submitting said at least a part of a request to a bank computer through a communication network from said device; and receiving information from said bank computer through said communication network at said designated instrument dispenser that enables said designated instrument dispenser to dispense the negotiable instrument.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 9 , wherein said device is a customer telephone.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 9 , wherein said device is a customer computer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 9 , wherein said device is a fixed-location dispenser.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 9 , wherein said device is a portable, hand-held dispenser.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 9 , wherein said instrument dispenser is a receive-only dispenser.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 9 , wherein said instrument dispenser is a fixed-location dispenser.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 9 , wherein said instrument dispenser is a portable, hand-held dispenser.
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