Appeal No. 1999-0890
Application 07/575,096
The invention relates to a method and system for processing
signature-based payment transactions in which merchant's records
of payment can be generated and maintained electronically without
generation of paper records, while providing paper records to
customers (specification, page 1, lines 3-9). The system
includes a cashier-operated point of sale terminal (figure 5,
numeral 62) on which data relating to transactions for items can
be entered (specification, page 9, lines 33-34), and a card
reader (figure 5, numeral 32) for entry of customer account
information (figure 7A, numeral 88). A write input device
(figure 5, numeral 20) having a touch sensitive display screen
(figure 2, numeral 46), includes a digitizer (figure 5, numeral
26) for entry of handwritten transaction signature data
(specification, page 7, lines 16-25), and a display (figure 5,
numeral 48) for displaying the signature and business form
(specification, page 2, lines 7-12; page 7, lines 16-25).
A printer (figure 5, numeral 22) prints a receipt of the
transaction, including a description of the purchased items,
customer account information, and a representation of the
signature (figure 6). A storage medium (figure 5, numeral 64)
stores the signature data and receipt data for later retrieval
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