Appeal No. 1999-1625
Application No. 08/792,468
information of the prepaid card to update the remains
information;
wherein, said commodity code reading section, said prepaid
card inputting processing section, said commodity price retrieval
section and said data updating section are permanently fixed to
said transportable accommodation section.
27. A method of a purchasing commodities by a consumer using a
transportable container, the consumer performing the steps of:
(a) selecting a first commodity to be purchased at a first
selection site;
(b) reading a first commodity code of the first commodity at the
first selection site, using a commodity code reader attached to
the transportable container; and
(c) paying for the first commodity at the first selection site
as a function of the first commodity code read in step (b), using
a payment processor attached to the transportable container.
28. The method of claim 27, further comprising:
(d) selecting a second commodity to be purchased at a second
selection site, different from the first selection site; and
(e) reading a second commodity code of the second commodity at
the second selection site;
wherein step (c) includes paying for the second commodity as
a function of the second commodity code read in step (e), using
the payment processor attached to the transportable container.
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Ehrat 3,836,755 Sep. 17, 1974
Gogulski 4,071,740 Jan. 31, 1978
Collins, Jr. 5,149,947 Sep. 22, 1992
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