Dual network synchronization across point-of-sale devices located at an event environment

A dual networked point-of-sale method for operating at an event environment, comprising:

• providing a plurality of point-of-sale devices, each point-of-sale device comprising a computing device, a payment device, and a wireless network module, integrated within a shell, a software application stored in memory on each of the plurality of point-of-sale devices;
• establishing a wireless local area network at an event environment, comprising a plurality of access points, the wireless local area network comprising:
• (i) a first access point in wireless communication with a first point-of-sale device from of the plurality of point-of-sale devices;
• (ii) a second access point in wireless communication with a second point-of-sale device from the plurality of point-of-sale devices;
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• (iii) a gateway in wired or wireless communication with the first access point and the second access point that allows the first point-of-sale device and the second point-of-sale device to communicate with a financial institution;
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• establishing a mesh network at the event environment, comprising:
• (i) each of the plurality of point-of-sale devices forming a node, and
• (ii) wherein a first point-of-sale device detects a failure of the first access point in response to a failure response or no response to a transaction, wherein the software application comprises instructions for transmitting the transaction through the mesh network to the financial institution for clearing the transaction, and in response to detecting the failure of the first point-of-sale device activates the mesh network to attempt a connection through the wireless network module to the gateway through the wireless network module on the second point-of-sale device that is in communication with the second access point.

A method for clearing a financial transaction at an event environment when an access point fails, comprising:

• providing a first point-of-sale device of a plurality of point-of-sale-devices, the first point-of-sale device wirelessly connected to a first access point via a wireless network comprising a plurality of access points, wherein the first access point is in connection to an external network;
• providing a second point-of-sale device of the plurality of point-of-sale devices, the second point-of-sale device wirelessly connected to a second access point, wherein the second access point is in connection to the external network, wherein a software application is stored in memory on the each of the plurality of point-of-sale devices;
• attempting a financial transaction request on the first point-of-sale device, wherein attempting transmits financial transaction data payload to the first access point connected to the external network that is in communication with a financial institution;
• receiving a failure or no response to the financial transaction;
• detecting a failure of the first access point in response to the failure or no response to the financial transaction;
• in response to detecting the failure the first point-of-sale device, activating and connecting through a mesh network to the second point-of-sale device, wherein the second point-of-sale device has connection to the external network through the second access point, wherein the software application comprises instructions for transmitting the financial transaction through the mesh network to the financial institution for clearing the financial transaction;
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• processing the financial transaction request by transmitting the financial transaction data payload through the first point-of-sale device to the second point-of-sale device, wherein the second point-of-sale device transmits the financial transaction data payload through the second access point to the financial institution.