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United States Patent | 7,680,712 |
Thomson , et al. | March 16, 2010 |
A system for use in processing cash transactions comprising an electronic processor and a database, the processor comprising an interface for receiving requests for generating coded numbers representing cash and receiving requests that numbers previously allocated may be redeemed, the interface including a message format storage area storing a plurality of prescribed message formats and determining by reference to the stored message formats the format of a received message, a holding memory for holding requests of specified message formats so that single requests for generating a plurality of numbers in a batch can be processed.
Inventors: | Thomson; Scott (Bollington, GB), Bailey; Andrew David (Paulerspury, GB) |
Assignee: |
Smart Voucher PLC
(Bollington, Chesire,
GB)
|
Appl. No.: | 11/138,683 |
Filed: | May 27, 2005 |
Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
PCT/GB03/05234 | Dec., 2003 | ||||
Nov 29, 2002 [GB] | 0227958.6 | |||
Current U.S. Class: | 705/35 ; 705/30 |
Current International Class: | G06Q 40/00 (20060101) |
Field of Search: | 705/1,30,35,36R,38 370/458,328 235/380 |
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