MULTIPLE CURRENCY AUTOMATIC TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

An automatic transaction system which enables payment in multiple currencies for the dispensing of a product or the providing of a service. In one embodiment, the automatic transaction system performs a conversion of payment deposited in currencies to credit amounts in the base currency to facilitate payment of any change due in denominations of the base currency. The conversion technique employed by one embodiment of the system translates the value of the denominations of a deposited second currency to a value in the base currency using an exchange rate. The translated value is then rounded down to the nearest multiple of an increment of the base currency accepted by the system. In other embodiment, the system performs conversion of deposited currencies to a reference currency while paying change in the base currency.