# US 2014/0207590 A1 · System, method and apparatus to facilitate commerce and sales

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- Number: US 2014/0207590 A1
- Document ID: US20140207590A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/223,108
- Filed: 2014-03-24
- Published: 2014-07-24
- Earliest claimed: 2010-07-14
- Inventors: Patrick BOUAZIZ; Laurent MICHEL-ETIENNE
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140207590A1

## CPC

- H05K 7/02: Arrangements of circuit components or wiring on supporting structure
- G06Q 20/20: Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
- G06Q 20/202: {Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR}
- G06Q 20/204: {comprising interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit}
- G06Q 20/322: {Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]}
- G06Q 20/326: {Payment applications installed on the mobile devices}
- G06Q 30/02: Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
- G06Q 30/06: Buying, selling or leasing transactions
- G06Q 30/0601: Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
- G06Q 40/12: Accounting
- G07F 7/0886: {the card reader being portable for interacting with a POS or ECR in realizing a payment transaction}
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- 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
- G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00})

## Abstract

A system and method for conducting commerce and sales operations is disclosed. A sales representative identifies a customer, chooses a product, and completes a sales transaction using a front-end POS software application. The sales data is transferred to a central storage server, where a master database is created with the data from the front-end POS software application. The central storage server transmits and receives data from back-end corporate servers and databases and creates a master database containing data from corporate applications. The front-end POS software devices uses a holster that includes a docking station, sliding cradle for a mobile device, a card reader, and an infrared scanner to identify products and complete payment.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-9. (canceled)

### Claim 10

A system for conducting commerce and sales operations comprising:
a first location comprising at least one mobile device, the at least one mobile device being removably and communicatively coupled to a mobile holster and implementing a front-end point-of-sale software application;
a second location comprising at least one mobile device, the at least one mobile device being removably and communicatively coupled to a mobile holster and implementing a front-end point-of-sale software application, and at least one local server, the at least one local server being communicatively coupled to the at least one mobile device via a first LAN and communicatively coupled to a payment processor, the payment processor implementing a central software application and an in-memory analytic application,
wherein the first location and the second location are communicatively coupled to a central server that implements both a central software application and an in-memory analytic software application.

### Claim at position 3

11-16. (canceled)