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US 11,226,793 B2Granted
Web-based point of sale builder
AssigneeCloudofchange, LLC
InventorsWayne Baratta, Quentin Olson
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Abstract
This invention provides a system and a method for online, web-based point of sale (POS) building and configuration, which can assist non-expert business operators in building, editing and testing a point of sale system to manage their businesses. The business operations range from a single branch to a large chain of stores or branches. The key advantages of the Web-based POS builder are that it is completely built on the foundation of the Web. The POS builder is accessible anywhere in the world. It can be used by a person of any skill level. The POS builder builds, edits, and tests new POS terminals in real time.
Claims44
A web-based point of sale (POS) builder system comprising:
- at least one server configured to:
- communicate with one or more POS terminals over a network comprising the Internet, wherein the one or more POS terminals are configured to display one or more POS screens;
- receive, over the network from a POS builder interface, information used for creating or modifying the one or more POS screens including creating or modifying one or more display interfaces for display on the one or more POS screens, the one or more display interfaces being associated with one or more items;
- receive, from at least one of the one or more POS terminals over the network, further information regarding one or more POS transactions corresponding to the one or more items;
- configure the one or more POS terminals with the information over the network to create or modify based on the further information regarding one or more POS transactions the one or more POS screens displayed on the one or more POS terminals;
- and
- wherein the further information regarding the one or more POS transactions, the information used for creating or modifying the one or more POS screens, or a combination thereof comprises one or more of employee clock information, customer add/update information, item add/update information, promotion information, loyalty point information, discount information, taxation information, item cost information, or inventory information;
- wherein said further information regarding the one or more POS transactions relate to one or more transactions by corresponding customers respectively associated with at least one of said one or more POS terminals.
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A web-based point of sale (POS) builder system comprising:
- at least one POS terminal configured to:
- display one or more POS screens;
- communicate with at least one server over a network comprising the Internet;
- receive, over the network from the at least one server, information used for creating or modifying the one or more POS screens including creating or modifying one or more display interfaces for display on the one or more POS screens, the one or more display interfaces being associated with one or more items;
- perform one or more transactions with respect to the one or more items;
- and
- transmit, from at least one of the one or more POS terminals over the network, further information regarding one or more POS transactions corresponding to the one or more items;
- and
- create or modify based on the received information or further information the one or more POS screens;
- wherein the further information regarding the one or more POS transactions, the information used for creating or modifying the one or more POS screens, or a combination thereof comprises one or more of employee clock information, customer add/update information, item add/update information, promotion information, loyalty point information, discount information, taxation information, item cost information, or inventory information;
- and
- wherein said one or more POS transactions relate to one or more transactions by corresponding customers respectively associated with at least one of said one or more POS terminals.
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A method of implementing a web-based point of sale (POS) builder system, the method comprising:
- communicating with one or more POS terminals over a network comprising the Internet, wherein the one or more POS terminals are configured to display one or more POS screens;
- receiving, over the network from a POS builder interface, information used for creating or modifying the one or more POS screens including creating or modifying one or more display interfaces for display on the one or more POS screens, the one or more display interfaces being associated with one or more items;
- receiving, from at least one of the one or more POS terminals over the network, further information regarding one or more POS transactions corresponding to the one or more items;
- and
- provisioning the one or more POS terminals with the information over the network to create, or modify based on the further information the one or more POS screens displayed on the one or more POS terminals;
- wherein the further information regarding the one or more POS transactions, the information used for creating or modifying the one or more POS screens, or a combination thereof comprises one or more of employee clock information, customer add/update information, item add/update information, promotion information, loyalty point information, discount information, taxation information, item cost information, or inventory information;
- and
- wherein said further information regarding the one or more POS transactions relate to one or more transactions by corresponding customers respectively associated with at least one of said one or more POS terminals.
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A method of implementing a web-based point of sale (POS) builder system, the method comprising:
- displaying one or more POS screens;
- communicating with at least one server over a network comprising the Internet;
- receiving, over the network from the at least one server, information used for creating or modifying the one or more POS screens including creating or modifying one or more display interfaces for display on the one or more POS screens, the one or more display interfaces being associated with one or more items;
- performing one or more transactions with respect to the one or more items;
- transmitting, to the at least one server, over the network, further information regarding one or more transactions corresponding to the one or more items;
- and
- creating or modifying based on the received information the one or more POS screens;
- wherein the further information regarding the one or more transactions, the information used for creating or modifying the one or more POS screens, or a combination thereof comprises one or more of employee clock information, customer add/update information, item add/update information, promotion information, loyalty point information, discount information, taxation information, item cost information, or inventory information;
- and
- wherein said further information regarding the one or more POS transactions relate to one or more transactions by corresponding customers respectively associated with at least one of said one or more POS terminals.
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A web-based point of sale (POS) builder system comprising:
- at least one server configured to:
- communicate with one or more POS terminals over a network comprising the Internet, wherein the one or more POS terminals are configured to display one or more POS screens;
- receive, over the network from a POS builder interface, information for creating or modifying functionality of the one or more POS terminals;
- receive, from at least one of the one or more POS terminals over the network, further information regarding one or more POS transactions corresponding to the one or more items;
- and
- configure the one or more POS terminals with the information over the network to create, or modify based on the further information the functionality of the one or more POS terminals;
- wherein the further information regarding the one or more POS transactions, the information used for creating or modifying the one or more POS screens, or a combination thereof comprises one or more of employee clock information, customer add/update information, item add/update information, promotion information, loyalty point information, discount information, taxation information, item cost information, or inventory information;
- and
- wherein said further information regarding the one or more POS transactions relate to one or more transactions by corresponding customers respectively associated with at least one of said one or more POS terminals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.