Data entry system
CA 1263894 C · Owner: Imperial Oil Limited · Inventors: Crinion, Jonathan; Middlemiss, Robert J.; Oomen, Peter
Overview
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In a transaction terminal, a credit card reader is used not only to enter data from cards of customers but a, special card is used to place the terminal in supervisory modes in at least one of which it will accept data from further special cards which are used to input data used in the transection mode, particularly alphanumeric data for printing on transection slips. The terminal has a customer accessible auxiliary keyboard which may be used for data entry, at a location remote from the main unit allowing for point of sale data entry, including private entry of a customer's Personal Identification Number either to validate a transection or during selection of a PIN for encryption by the …
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- Granted December 12, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 12, 2006.
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