EP0843291A3
Improved self-service system
Abstract
An automated teller machine (10) or a home banking system (32) is operated to provide, during the delays associated with authorizing and acting upon a user instruction, a sales presentation related to a financial product. The type of presentation is selected by matching a profile of the user, obtained from a central information store (20), with profiles of target customers for a number of financial products.

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| Document | Relation | Office | Category | Cited during | Relevant claims |
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| US5220501A | Cites | United States of America | Y | Search report | 1-10 |
| US5305195A | Cites | United States of America | Y | Search report | 1-10 |
| US5482139A | Cites | United States of America | A | Search report | 1,2,5 |
| PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1998, no. 07 31 March 1998 (1998-03-31) | Non-patent | – | – | Search report | – |
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Priority claims5
| Document | Office | Kind | Date |
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| 9618110 | United Kingdom | A | |
| 9618110 | United Kingdom | A | |
| 9618110 | United Kingdom | – | |
| 9618110 | – | – | – |
| GB19960018110 | – | – | – |
Members11
| Document | Office | Kind | |
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| GB9618110D0 | United Kingdom | D0 | |
| ZA976668B | South Africa | B | |
| JPH10105785A | Japan | A | |
| EP0843291A2 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A2 | |
| US5915246A | United States of America | A | |
| US6523743B1 | United States of America | B1 | |
| EP0843291A3This record | European Patent Office (EPO) | A3 | |
| JP4028623B2 | Japan | B2 | |
| EP0843291B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 | |
| DE69738801D1 | Germany | D1 | |
| ES2306455T3 | Spain | T3 |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 0843291
- Publication, DOCDB
- 0843291
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP0843291
- Application
- 97305198
- Application, DOCDB
- 97305198
- Application, EPODOC
- EP19970305198
Titles3
- German
- Verbessertes Selbstbedienungssystem
- English
- Improved self-service system
- French
- Système libre-service amélioré
Classification
- CPC, 8
- G06Q20/18
- G06Q20/1085
- G06Q20/40
- G06Q30/0241
- G06Q40/00
- G07F19/20
- G07F7/00
- G07G1/00
- IPC, 11
- G07D9 00
- G06Q20 00
- G06Q20 10
- G06Q20 18
- G06Q20 40
- G06Q30 02
- G06Q40 00
- G07F7 00
- G07F7 08
- G07F19 00
- G07G1 00
Designated states1
- Contracting states, 1
- Sweden