Smart harbor device for intelligent updating and selection for use of transaction processing terminal devices

A method comprising:

• connecting, by a terminal harbor system, to a first transaction processing terminal of a plurality of transaction processing terminals;
• determining a power status of the first transaction processing terminal, wherein the power status indicates a non-operability of the first transaction processing terminal that requires a charging of the first transaction processing terminal prior to a use of the first transaction processing terminal with a communication device;
• determining a charging process for the charging of the first transaction processing terminal;
• executing the charging process with the first transaction processing terminal;
• updating the power status of the first transaction processing terminal to a charged status;
• selecting the first transaction processing terminal from the plurality of transaction processing terminals based on the updated power status;
• and
• notifying a user device of the updated power status of the first transaction processing terminal based on the selecting.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

• determining, by a device harbor system, a payment processing device from a plurality of payment processing devices connected to the device harbor system based on a device condition of the payment processing device;
• in response to the determining, determining a device process that addresses the device condition;
• executing the device process with the payment processing device;
• determining that the device condition has been resolved;
• establishing a ready for use status for the payment processing device;
• transmitting the ready for use status to a communication device in connection with the device harbor system;
• determining a transaction processing cache size available to the payment processing device for electronic transaction processing with the communication device;
• and
• selecting the payment processing device for the communication device based on the ready to use status and the transaction processing cache size wherein the ready for use status is transmitted based on the selecting.