System and method for coupling a user computing device and a point of sale device

A method to enable purchasing comprising:

• receiving, at a point of sale device, a request to initiate a checkout of a purchase transaction assembled at least in part through a user computing device;
• coupling the point of sale device with a customer associated with the user computing device by:
• displaying by the point of sale device a code, comprising a coupling code, configured to be scanned by the user computing device;
• receiving the coupling code by a server system associated with a store;
• and
• identifying, at the server system, the point of sale device based on the coupling code;
• associating the purchase transaction, and contents of an electronic shopping cart associated with the purchase transaction, with the point of sale device in response to the identifying the point of sale device based on the coupling code;
• concluding, the purchase transaction associated with the contents of the electronic shopping cart based on the coupling of the point of sale device with the customer associated with user computing device that is associated with a customer identifier.

A system comprising one or more processors and one or more memory devices operably coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more memory devices storing executable and operational data effective to cause the one or more processors to:

• receive, at a first electronic device, a request to initiate a checkout of a purchase transaction assembled at least in part through a second electronic device;
• couple the first electronic device with a customer associated with the second electronic device by:
• displaying at the first electronic device a code, comprising a coupling code configured to be scanned by the second electronic device;
• and
• identifying, based on the coupling code, the first electronic device;
• associate the purchase transaction, and contents of an electronic shopping cart associated with the purchase transaction, with the first electronic device in response to identifying based on the coupling code the first electronic device;
• conclude the purchase transaction associated with the contents of the electronic shopping cart based on the coupling of the first electronic device with the customer associated with the second electronic device that is associated with a customer identifier.