Transaction system and method
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsMichael K. Reed, John F. Crooks
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Abstract
A transaction system and method in which a customer operates a mobile device, such as a smart phone, to interact with a transaction server during a transaction at a checkout station while scanning items. An example method includes establishing by the server a connection with a mobile communication device, receiving by the server item descriptions associated with items purchased from a code reader, sending by the server prices of the items and the item descriptions to the mobile communication device for display by the mobile communication device, and receiving payment by the server from the customer for the items.
Claims20
A processor-implemented method programmed in a non-transitory processor-readable medium and to execute on one or more processors of a mobile communication device configured to execute the method, comprising:
- establishing by the mobile communication device a connection with a transaction server during a transaction;
- receiving by the mobile communication device item descriptions and prices associated with items purchased during the transaction from the transaction server;
- and
- displaying by the mobile communication device the item descriptions and prices.
A processor-implemented method programmed in a non-transitory processor-readable medium and to execute on one or more processors of a server configured to execute the method, comprising:
- establishing by the server a connection with a mobile communication device during a transaction involving a customer;
- receiving by the server item descriptions associated with items purchased during the transaction from a code reader;
- sending by the server prices of the items and the item descriptions to the mobile communication device for display by the mobile communication device;
- and
- receiving payment by the server from the customer for the items.
A checkout system comprising:
- an item identifier including
- network circuitry configured with a network address, wherein the network circuitry couples the item identifier to a server through a network without an intermediary computer;
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory comprising computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the item identifier to at least:
- capture information about an item presented by a customer during a transaction;
- obtain item identification information from captured information;
- and
- store the item identification information in a server record accessible to a mobile communication device of the customer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.