IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0671252
(1991-03-18)
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발명자
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- Hooper John B. (70 Beacon St. Marblehead MA 01945) Hooper Jefferson C. (44 Summer St. Nahant MA 01908)
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
42 인용 특허 :
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초록
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Laundry facility management system comprises a laundry service device, controlled by an operating control; and a local controller connected to the service device and a central controller, connected together for the transfer of information between them. The local controller stores a current device ra
Laundry facility management system comprises a laundry service device, controlled by an operating control; and a local controller connected to the service device and a central controller, connected together for the transfer of information between them. The local controller stores a current device rate, representing current cost of service provided by the connected service device, and reads a card identifier provided on and uniquely identifying a presented service card Local controller requestor derives from a read card identifier and from the current device rate an authorization request, and transmits it to the central controller. The central controller receives an account balance payment message providing a particular card identifier and a payment value, and stores account balance signals for at least one account, each account being uniquely indexed by a particular card identifier. Account manager responds to a received authorization request to update the account balance indexed by the card identifier of the authorization request by the current device rate value of the authorization request, and transmits an authorization message to the local controller. The local controller responds to a received authorization message to output a control signal on the control output to control the service device operating control to provide the requested service. The account manager responds to a received account balance payment message to credit the stored account balance indexed by the particular card identifier by the payment value of the received account balance message.
대표청구항
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Card payment system for service dispensing devices comprising a plurality of service dispensing devices, said service dispensing devices being of at least two types, each said service dispensing device being controlled by operating controls, a similar plurality of local controllers, connected respec
Card payment system for service dispensing devices comprising a plurality of service dispensing devices, said service dispensing devices being of at least two types, each said service dispensing device being controlled by operating controls, a similar plurality of local controllers, connected respectively to said service dispensing devices, a central controller, and a service card dispenser, said plurality of local controllers, said service card dispenser, and said central controller being connected together for the transfer of information thereamong, each said local controller comprising storage providing signals representative of current unit cost of service provided by said connected service dispensing device, a control output connected to said operating control of the connected said service dispensing device for the output of a control signal to said operating control, a local controller card reader for reading a card identifier provided on and uniquely identifying a service card presented to said local controller card reader by an intending user of the connected said service dispensing device, and authorization request and transmitting means for deriving and transmitting to said central controller an authorization request, said authorization request being derived from a card identifier of a card presented to said card reader and from said signals representative of said local controller communications address, said card dispenser comprising a payment acceptor a card dispenser card reader for sensing presence or absence of a service card and for reading a card identifier provided on and uniquely identifying a service card presented to said card dispenser card reader, account request and transmitting means responsive to said card dispenser card reader, and to said payment acceptor, for deriving from the card identifier read by said dispenser card reader, and from the value of payment presented to said payment acceptor an account request, and for transmitting the derived said account request to said central controller, said central controller comprising non-volatile central controller storage providing signals representative of device rate schedule for said service dispensing devices, account balance for at least one account, each said account being uniquely indexed by a card identifier, and rate update means responsive to stored said device rate schedule signals for transmitting to a said local controller new current device rate, account managing means responsive to a said account request received from said card dispenser for incrementing, by the value of payment of said received account request, the value of a said stored account balance indexed by the card identifier of said received account request, and for transmitting to said card dispenser an enable message, said account managing means being responsive to a said authorization request received from a said local controller for transmitting to said local controller an authorization message, and when the current unit cost of the service requested is not more than the account balance indexed by the card identifier of the received authorization request, decrementing the so indexed account balance by the current unit cost of the service requested, said local controller being responsive to receipt of a positive said authorization message for outputting a control signal on said control output, said card dispenser card reader means being responsive to receipt of a said enable message for releasing a service card from said dispenser.
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