System and method for point of sale product software enhancement

A method for a POS (point-of-sale) contactless product enhancement, comprising the steps of:

• identifying, with a register, a product and a product type associated with the product;
• indicating, with the register, one or more enhancements available for the product type;
• receiving, with the register, indication of a selected enhancement from a customer;
• generating a product creation authorization token (a PEA token) for the selected enhancement;
• validating, with a contactless POS terminal, the PEA token;
• executing, with the contactless POS terminal, the enhancement of the product via an RFID tag coupled to the product;
• generating, with the contactless POS terminal, an audit record of the enhancement of the product;
• and
• sending the audit record from the contactless POS terminal to a central server.

A point-of-sale product enhancement system comprising:

• a register configured for:
• identifying a product and a product type associated with the product,
• indicating one or more enhancements available for the product, and
• receiving indication of a selected enhancement from a customer;
• and
• a contactless POS terminal in communication with the register and configured for:
• receiving a product creation authorization token (a PEA token) for the selected enhancement,
• validating the PEA token,
• executing the enhancement of the product via an RFID tag coupled to the product,
• generating an audit record of the enhancement of the product, and
• sending the audit record from the contactless POS terminal.