Check Checker System

U.S. Pat. No. 3,624,357, 11/1971, Wright.

CHECK CHECKER.TM. (CC.TM.) is a bank check that is issued by an American bank and sometimes by others. The CC.TM. bank checks are issued by the bank after the customer has established a CCS.TM. bank account with his bank. The CC.TM. bank check is designed to carry a magnetic stripe or bar code, located on either the front/face or back/reverse of the CC.TM. bank check depending on the design of the check. The magnetic stripe or bar code will carry the account information. The magnetic stripe or bar code will be read by a magnetic swipe-style reader or a bar code optical laser reader which will be linked to a central computer. Data will be carried by telephone wire, direct line, radio, or the alike, which in a matter of seconds will indicate on the magnetic swipe-style reader or bar code optical laser reader if the transaction is approved or denied. When approval of the CC.TM. bank check is received, the merchant will accept the CC.TM. bank check and the sale will be finalised. The object of the invention is to restrain fraud and to save time at the point-of-sale (POS) .

FIG. 1 Shows the front/face of the CC.TM. bank check.

FIG. 2 Shows the back/reverse of the CC.TM. bank check.

FIG. 3 shows detail of magnetic strip.

FIG. 1 shows the front/face of the CC.TM. bank check:

(1) CC.TM. bank check to be printed on top quality bank check paper;

(2) CCS.TM. trademark to be printed by check manufacturer.

(3) Name and address of CCS.TM. account holder.

(4) Name and address of CCS.TM. account holer's bank.

(5) CCS.TM. magnetic strip or bar code to be printed by the check manufacturer.

(6) Bank identification and CCS.TM. account number; standard printing by the check manufacturer.

(7) Standard bank check number printed by check manufacturer.

(8) Date. To be written in by CCS.TM. account holder at time of transaction.

(9) Payee. To be written in by CCS.TM. account holder at time of transaction.

(10) Amount of CCS.TM. bank check. To be written in by CCS.TM. account holder at time of transaction.

(11) Signature of CCS.TM. account holder. To be executed at time of transaction.

FIG. 2 Shows the back/reverse side of the CC.TM. bank check:

(12) Space delegated by bank for endorsement of CC.TM. bank check.

(5) CCS.TM. magnetic stripe or bar code to be printed by the check manufacturer.

FIG. 3 shows th detail of magnetic strip showing the position of placement on the check.

The invention relates to credit card check transaction systems and, more particularly, to a system whereby the sales document is a negotiable instrument and is credited to the seller's account and debited against the buyer's account.

It has heretofore been the accepted practice in the credit industry to issue credit cards where evidence established credit in card holder or owner with a credit card agency. The cards are used in various types of transactions, however the art of the Trademark Bank Check, known as CHECK CHECKER .TM. or CC.TM. bank check, offers new art of credit or cash transaction systems.

The CHECK CHECKER SYSTEM .TM., sometimes known as CCS.TM., is a transaction system using a special design in manufactured bank checks similar in characteristics to the bank check as we know it today. Referring to FIG. 1, the CHECK CHECKER.TM. (CCS.TM.) bank check is designed to show the name of the bank (4), the name of the CCS.TM. account holder (3), The amount of the CC.TM. bank check (10) and space for the CCS.TM. account holder's signature (11), and the trademark (2). On the front of the instrument or CC.TM. bank check a magnetic stripe or bar code (5) may appear and be attached to the bank check at position A, B, C or D, whichever position is acceptable and workable to and with a suitable magnetic swipe-style reader or bar code optical laser reader, similar to the various optical readers which are being used mostly for the plastic credit cards we are familiar with at this date. This magnetic strip or bar code (5) may appear at position A, B, C, or D on the back/reverse side of the CCS.TM. bank check FIG. 2. The CC.TM. bank check will carry the following identification numbers as required by the bank: bank transfer number and customer account number (6). The magnetic strip materials will be of methyl methacrylate and azores catalysts and shall be applied similar to printing ink, the methyl methacrylate material is not considered an ink however and certain temperatures have to be maintained to cause the methylmethacrylate material to polymerize or become a solid.

The bank will issue the CCS.TM. account to its customer. The CCS.TM. system will be franchised to the banks and to the merchants. The merchants will recognise the trademark on the CC.TM. bank check.

The CCS.TM. account holder (customer) will find out the CC.TM. bank check, starting with the date (8), then the payee (9), the amount of the transaction (10) and will furnish his/her signature (11). The merchant or the point-of-sale (POS) clerk will take the CC.TM. bank check and check the date (8), the amount (10), the name of the CCS.TM. account holder (3) and his/her signature (11). The POS clerk then slide the CC.TM. bank check through or on the magnetic swipe-style reader or bar code optical laser reader and key in the amount of the transaction. The magnetic swipe-style reader or the bar code optical/ laser reader readout will indicate either approval or disapproval in accordance with the data coming from its control computer system. If the magnetic swipe-style reader or bar code optical laser reader indicates approval of the CC.TM. bank check, the CC.TM. bank check will be treated the same as cash at the point-of-sale. If the computer does not approve the CC.TM. bank check then the sale is null and void. The computer may debit the CCS.TM. account holder/purchaser's account and/or credit the merchant's account. The CC.TM. instrument becomes recognizable by its quick verification of its value with the bank.

The bank will charge a fee for the printing of the CC.TM. bank checks. the CC.TM. bank check instrument may be used as a traveler's check. In addition, the bank may use the CCS.TM. in conjunction with an overdraft system as well as other banking systems.

A claim where the individual may request from his bank the convenient pocket CC.TM. bank check as previously printed in its entirety with the exception of the date and CCS.TM. account holder's signature. The date and CCS.TM. account holder's signature will be applied at time of purchase. The special CC.TM. bank checks may be offered in amounts of $5, $10, $15, $20 and $25 depending on the CCS.TM. account holder's request. These special CC.TM. bank checks will be printed payable to CASH and will be considered and treated as a cash transaction. These CC.TM. bank checks will be backed by the CCS.TM. account holder's bank. These special CC.TM. bank checks are not to be confused with the regular/original CC.TM. bank checks where the CCS.TM. account holder fills in the payee's name, the amount of the transaction, as well as the date and his/her signature.