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US 12,436,743 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.
Claims20
A web-based point of sale (POS) builder system comprising:
- at least one server configured to:
- communicate remotely with one or more POS terminals over a network, wherein the one or more POS terminals comprise local storage resources and display one or more POS screens independent of network communication with at least one server;
- receive remotely from a POS builder interface over the network, 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;
- configure the one or more POS terminals with the information received over the network to create or modify the one or more POS screens displayed on the one or more POS terminals;
- and
- receive remotely, from at least one of the one or more POS terminals over the network, information regarding one or more POS transactions respectively carried out by corresponding customers at the POS terminals corresponding to the one or more items;
- wherein the 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 the information regarding one or more POS transactions is accessible to the at one or more POS terminals without access to the network or the at least one server, and the information received via network communication to create or modify the one or more POS screens displayed on the one or more POS terminals is accessible to the one or more POS terminals without access to the network or the at least one server once the information has been received thereby.
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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 remotely with at least one server over a network, the at least one server being remotely located from said at least one POS terminal;
- receive remotely 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;
- create or modify the one or more POS screens based on the received information;
- perform one or more transactions respectively carried out by corresponding customers at the at least one POS terminal with respect to the one or more items;
- and
- transmit, over the network, information regarding one or more POS transactions corresponding to the one or more items;
- wherein the 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 the at least one POS terminal comprises local data storage resources and is configured to display the one or more POS screens independently of network communication with the at least one server;
- and
- wherein the information regarding one or more POS transactions is accessible to the at least one POS terminal without access to the network or the at least one server, and the information received via network communication to create or modify the one or more POS screens displayed on the one or more POS terminal is accessible to the at least one POS terminal without access to the network or the at least one server once the information has been received by the POS terminal.
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A method of implementing a web-based point of sale (POS) builder system, the method comprising:
- communicating remotely with one or more POS terminals over a network, wherein the one or more POS terminals comprise local storage resources and are configured to display one or more POS screens independent of network communication with at least one server;
- receiving remotely from a POS builder interface over the network, 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;
- provisioning the one or more POS terminals with the information received remotely over the network to create or modify the one or more POS screens displayed on the one or more POS terminals;
- and
- receiving remotely, from at least one of the one or more POS terminals via network communication, information regarding one or more POS transactions respectively carried out by corresponding customers at the POS terminals corresponding to the one or more items;
- wherein the 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 the information regarding one or more POS transactions is accessible to the one or more POS terminals without access to the network or the at least one server, and the information received via network communication to create or modify the one or more POS screens displayed on the one or more POS terminals is accessible to the one or more POS terminals without access to the network or the at least one server once the information has been received by the one or more POS terminals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.