Point of sale data systems and methods
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRoger Cao, Kent E. Biggs
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Abstract
Point of sale (POS) data systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided. A POS data system (100) can include a plurality of coupled POS devices (110) each including a processor and a data storage device (120). The data storage device can include logic (130) which, when executed by the processor provides point of sale functionality; data storage (140) accessible to at least one of the remaining coupled POS devices; and logic to allocate at least a portion of the data generated by a first POS device on at least one of the remaining coupled POS devices.
Claims15
A point of sale (POS) data system (100), comprising:
- a plurality of coupled POS devices (110), each POS device including;
- a processor;
- and
- a data storage device (120) comprising:
- logic (130) which, when executed by the processor provides point of sale functionality;
- and
- data storage (140) accessible to at least one of the remaining coupled POS devices;
- and
- logic (150) to allocate at least a portion of the data generated by a first POS device on at least one remaining coupled POS device.
A point of sale (POS) data method, comprising:
- disposing (210) a data storage device within each of a plurality of coupled POS devices, the data storage device comprising:
- logic (130) which, when executed by a processor provides point of sale functionality;
- and
- data storage (140) accessible to at least one of the remaining coupled POS devices;
- and
- allocating (220) at least a portion of the data generated by a first POS device in the data storage of at least one remaining coupled POS device.
A point of sale apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a data storage device (120) including:
- data storage (140) accessible to a plurality of externally connected POS apparatuses;
- and
- logic (130) which, when executed by the processor, provides:
- a point of sale terminal;
- access to the data storage within the plurality of externally connected POS apparatuses, the data storage within the combined plurality of externally connected POS apparatuses addressed as a single logical volume;
- and
- allocation of at least a portion of the data generated by a first POS device on at least one of the remaining plurality of externally connected POS apparatuses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.