ELECTRONIC PROCESSING SYSTEM

摘要

The invention concerns an electronic processor for use in processing cash
transactions comprising an electronic processor and a database. The processor
has: 1) an interface for receiving a request from a member using the system
for generating a coded number representing a desired cash value to be
purchased at a remote terminal, for receiving a request that a number
previously allocated may be redeemed, for transmitting to the remote terminal
a generated number and for transmitting a message to a terminal indicating
that a received request for redemption is valid; 2) a validation section for
determining whether or not received requests are valid; 3) a number generation
section for generating a coded number in response to a valid request; and 4) a
storage section for storing each number generated in response to a valid
request in a first table of the database and for storing the total value of
cash represented by issued coded numbers which have not been redeemed in a
Fund table and for transferring a coded number the redemption of which has
been validated to a second table and decrementing the total value in the Fund
table by the value represented by each coded number for which a validated
redemption request is received so that every coded number issued can never
cause more than one increase in the value represented in the fund table and
every coded number redeemed can cause only one decrease in the stored value.