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Secure money order issuing kiosk
Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc
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Filing: 1996-12-31
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Granted: 2003-06-10
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Expires: 2016-12-31
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for issuing money orders and similar instruments and for securing payment therefor is provided as a subsystem of an existing kiosk of a type including, but not limited to postal kiosks, informational kiosks, Automated Teller Machines (ATM), Point of Sale terminals (POS), vending machines and the like, or any combination thereof. Payment is secured by drawing funds directly from a customer's bank account; by drawing funds from a smart card, or by accepting currency through a bill acceptor. The apparatus further includes facilities for redeeming money orders and dispensing cash amounts corresponding thereto.
Inventors
- 👤 Feliks Bator
- 👤 William Berson
- 👤 John L. Campo
- 👤 Kathryn V. Lawton
- 👤 Andrei Obrea
- 👤 Michael Y. Swaluk
- 👤 Monroe A. Weiant, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-09 15:33
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/18; G07; G07F; G07F19/00; G07F19/20; G07F19/203
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
A method of producing and redeeming a negotiable instrument comprising the steps of: receiving via an input/output means a request from an issuing customer for a negotiable instrument of a requested value; generating a guiding instruction for the issuing customer and outputting said instruction on a display portion of said input/output means; receiving a payment from the issuing customer; upon authentication of the received payment, generating a security label and producing the negotiable instrument having the security label affixed thereto; receiving via said input/output means a request from a redeeming customer for redemption of the negotiable instrument; comparing the security label with information obtained from the redeeming customer; upon authentication of the information from the redeeming customer, dispensing assets to the redeeming customer.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
123 words
A method of producing and redeeming a negotiable instrument comprising the steps of: receiving via an input/output means a request from an issuing customer for a negotiable instrument of a requested value; generating a guiding instruction for the issuing customer and outputting said instruction on a display portion of said input/output means; receiving a payment from the issuing customer; upon authentication of the received payment, generating a security label and producing the negotiable instrument having the security label affixed thereto; receiving via said input/output means a request from a redeeming customer for redemption of the negotiable instrument; comparing the security label with information obtained from the redeeming customer; upon authentication of the information from the redeeming customer, dispensing assets to the redeeming customer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein said step of dispensing assets comprises invalidating the negotiable instrument.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
77 words
The method of claim 2 , wherein said step of receiving a payment comprises: receiving from the issuing customer account identification information identifying an account of the issuing customer and security information identifying authorization to access the account; and authentication of the received payment comprises: communicating with a remote location storing the account; verifying the security information; verifying presence of value in the account corresponding to the requested value; and transferring the requested value from the account.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 3 , wherein said step of verifying the security information comprises obtaining biometric information of the issuing customer and comparing the obtained biometric information with biometric information descriptive of the issuing customer included in said security information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
77 words
The method of claim 2 , wherein said step of receiving a payment comprises: receiving from the issuing customer account identification information identifying an account of the issuing customer and security information identifying authorization to access the account; and authentication of the received payment comprises: communicating with a remote location maintaining the account; verifying the security information; verifying availability of value in the account corresponding to the requested value; and charging the requested value to the account.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
70 words
The method of claim 2 , wherein said step of receiving a payment comprises: reading an electronic card provided by the issuing customer, and authentication of the received payment comprises: verifying the security information provided by the issuing customer; verifying that a value storage portion of the electronic card stores value corresponding to the requested value; and debiting the value storage portion of said electronic card by the verified value.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
The method of claim 6 , wherein said electronic card comprises a smart card having a processor and a storage, and said steps of reading the electronic card, verifying security information, verifying value storage and debiting the value storage portion each comprises using encryption for securely communicating with said processor of said smart card.
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