System and method for performing a quasi-cash transaction

US006951302B2

United States Patent

(12) (10) Patent N0.: US 6,951,302 B2 Potts (45) Date of Patent: Oct. 4, 2005 (54) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING 6,352,205 B1 3/2002 Mullins et al. A QUASLCASH TRANSACTIQN 6,361,437 B1 * 3/2002 Walker et al. .............. .. 463/23 6,486,768 B1 * 11/2002 French et al. . . . . . . . . .. 340/5.92 (75) Inventor: Craig K. Potts, Prior Lake, MN (US) : gfliiclrtribeil -------- -- 379/4123,3491 , , ra or e a. .. ...... .. (73) Assignee: Cash Systems, Inc., Burnsville, MN 20010/r§30()2()2,gt2rg : IS{r<>II\::n(1;,tr (US) 2002/0132664 A1 * 9/2002 Miller et al. 463/29 . . . . . 2003/0222153 A1 * 12/2003 P t t l. 235/493 (T) N011“ 5‘ii’J‘°~°i_i° any‘i1S°ia1m@i1ih@ieim°iih1S 2004/0214643 A1 * 10/2004 P21116116 Cia 61. .. 463/43 Patent is eXtended Oi adlllsted under 35 2005/0009600 A1 * 1/2005 R6w6 6161. 463/29 U~3~C~ 154(1>)bY 0 dare 2005/0054417 A1 * 3/2005 P6n611 61 61. ............... .. 463/16 (21) Appl. N0.: 10/383,169 OTHER PUBLICATIONS _ American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (22) Filed: Mar‘ 6’ 2003 (AAMVA), document entitled “AAMVA National Standard (65) prior publication Data for the Driver License / Identification Card—AAMVA DL/ID—2000”; 90 pgs; © 2000. US 2004/0173673 A1 Sep. 9, 2004 * cited by examiner (51) Int. Cl.7 ................................................ .. G06K 5/00 _ _ (52) U.S. Cl. ..................... .. 235/380; 235/375, 235/376; P"'?”’Y E"“””'?a’—i<aYi_o~ Frech 235/381; 235/453, 235/487; 235/492, 235/493, ASSlS’“”’E"“”"”a’—oa“1eiWaish _ _ _ _ 902/23; 902/27 CAttorney, Agent, or Firm—Dicke, Billig & Czaja, (58) Field of Search ............................... .. 235/380, 375, 235/376, 381, 453, 487, 492, 493, 902/23-27; (57) ABSTRACT 463/16, 23, 25, 29, 1,43, 42, 41, 40,26, _ _ _ 27, 28, 17, 18, 19 Asystem and method of performing a quasi-cash transaction for a customer including receiving a desired transaction (56) References (jited dollar amount. A State identification card issued to the

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customer is electronically processed to retrieve machine readable information. Customer identification information is electronically parsed from the retrieved machine readable information. Quasi-cash document information is electronically generated utilizing the desired dollar amount and at least a portion of the parsed customer identification information. A quasi-cash document is printed, With the quasicash document including and displaying the generated quasi-cash document information. In one preferred embodiment, customer identification information parsed from the retrieved machine readable information includes customer name, customer address and identification card number information.

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