# US 2014/0195357 A1 · Point of sale system for managing the timed sale of products

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- Number: US 2014/0195357 A1
- Document ID: US20140195357A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/149,508
- Filed: 2014-01-07
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-07
- Inventors: Jeffrey Pollack
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195357A1

## CPC

- G06Q 30/0268: {at point-of-sale [POS]}
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

The present invention provides a point of sale system for offering local flash sales to customers through, for example, a plurality of POS apparatuses operatively coupled to a network. The flash sales may be tied to an online flash sale site offering similar or concurrent flash sales.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system for providing product sales to consumers comprising:
a point of sale (POS) apparatus located at a first location;
at least one product offered for sale at the POS apparatus; and
an online flash sale web site connected to the POS apparatus via a network,
wherein the sale price of the at least one product is determined by the online flash sale site.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the POS apparatus is a vending machine or a pop-up store.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the online flash sale site offers the at least one product for sale online.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The system according to claim 3, wherein the start time of the sale at the POS apparatus and the start time of the sale at the Online flash sale web site are the same.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The system according to claim 3, wherein the length of the sale at the POS apparatus and the length of the sale at the online flash sale web site are the same.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The system according to claim 3, wherein the length of the sale at the POS apparatus and the length of the sale at the online flash sale web site are different.

### Claim 7 (depends on 3)

The system according to claim 3, wherein the sale price of the at least one item at the POS apparatus and the online flash sale site are the same.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the POS apparatus offers a second product for sale, wherein the sale price of the second product is determined by a second online flash sale site connected to the POS apparatus.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the POS apparatus comprises a touch-screen.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the POS apparatus comprise an advertising display for displaying advertisements.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The system according to claim 10, wherein the advertising display is configured to display a predetermined advertisement for a predetermined period of time.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The system according to claim 11, wherein the predetermined advertisement comprises video.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The system according to claim 11, wherein the predetermined advertisement is communicated from management server to the POS apparatus the network.

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

The system according to claim 11, wherein the predetermined advertisement is interactive.