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2100459 9215968 PCTABS00016 An electronic gift certificate dispenser device (10) for printing and dispensing a gift certificate purchased by a credit card. A consumer approaches the device (10) and inserts a credit card into a magnetic card reader (16). The consumer chooses a retailer from a menu of participating retailers and enters the gift certificate value. The machine automatically verifies the credit card, causes the account to be debited and prints the gift certificate (200). A plurality of gift certificate dispensing devices (10.1....10.N) can be connected in a network under the control of a central processing unit (10). Information regarding gift certificate pruchases is transferred from the devices (10.1...10.N) to the central processing unit (60) to be collated and billed to credit card accounts. The central processing unit (60) also informs merchants of the purchase of gift certificates that will be redeemed at their stores.
Alexander Karla J.
Brooks Philip R.
Doyle Thomas J.
Hamilton Robert H.
Veeneman William J.
Alexander Karla J.
Brooks Philip R.
Doyle Thomas J.
Gift Certificate Center Inc. (the)
Hamilton Robert H.
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