Patent attributes
A multi-function transaction processing system comprising a transaction terminal that includes a plurality of data entry facilities and a transaction processor, the transaction processor being communicatively associated with a control processor, and the first of data entry facility including a payment authority input structured to accept a payment authority. The second, customer data entry facilities include a customer interface structured to be accessed by a customer, and have a display associated therewith. Furthermore, the transaction processor is responsive to customer inputs via the customer interface of the customer data entry and is structured to provide the customer with a plurality of selections on the display, the control processor defining a user account in accordance with a customer selection and to issue an authorization code associated with the user account. Preferably the user account includes value defined by said payment authority, the authorization code structured to facilitate a transaction in accordance with the defined value, and a printer assembly communicatively associated with the transaction terminal generates a card assembly bearing the user account information.
