Point of sale terminal
CA 2422929 A1 · Owner: Long, Everitt · Inventors: Long, Everitt; Stumm, Michael; Snelgrove, W. Martin
Overview
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A financial transaction system operable to manage purchases of at least one of goods and services, comprising a customer identifier that is operable to uniquely identify an account to which the purchases are being charged; a financial services provider operable to at least one of debit and credit the account to which the purchases are being charged; a plurality of point-of-sale (POS) terminals in communication with the financial services provider via an intermediary node, where the point of sale terminals are operable to gather purchase information, customer identification and authorization information and display information provided from a financial services provider; and a …
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- Filed September 20, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 20, 2021.
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