Web-based point of sale builder
AssigneeCloudofchange, LLC
InventorsWayne BARATTA, Quentin OLSON
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Abstract
This invention provides a system and a method for online, web-based point of sale (POS) building and configuration, which can assist non-expert business operators in building, editing and testing a point of sale system to manage their businesses. The business operations range from a single branch to a large chain of stores or branches. The key advantages of the Web-based POS builder are that it is completely built on the foundation of the Web. The POS builder is accessible anywhere in the world. It can be used by a person of any skill level. The POS builder builds, edits, and tests new POS terminals in real time.
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A web-based point of sale (POS) builder system comprising:
- a web server having installed thereon POS builder software;
- one or more POS terminals generated by said POS builder software and said one or more POS terminals accessible at one or more terminal devices, said POS terminals accepting POS transactions and collecting corresponding transaction data;
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- a POS builder interface accessible via network communication with said web server over a communications network;
- wherein said POS builder interface is utilized to access said POS builder software for programmatically creating or modifying said POS terminals in real time over the network, wherein said POS builder software interacts with said one or more POS terminals over the network in order for the system to perform functions in accordance with instructions sent from the POS builder interface;
- wherein said POS transactions and corresponding transaction data from said one or more POS terminals are transmitted to said web server via the network;
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- wherein each POS transaction is correlated with corresponding transaction data occurring at said POS terminals.
A method of implementing a web-based point of sale (POS) builder system, said system comprising a network-accessible web server having installed thereon POS builder software, the method comprising:
- providing access to said web server by one or more POS terminals, said POS terminals being generated from instructions communicated from said POS builder software to respective one or more terminal devices;
- accepting POS transactions via said POS terminals;
- collecting transaction data corresponding to transactions occurring at said one or more POS terminals;
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- providing further access to said web server by a POS builder interface via a communications network, said POS builder software being configured to programmatically create or modify said one or more POS terminals in real time over the network;
- wherein said POS builder software interacts with said one or more POS terminals over said network in order for the system to perform functions in accordance with instructions sent from the POS builder interface;
- wherein said POS transactions and corresponding transaction data from said one or more POS terminals are transmitted to said web server via a network connection;
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- wherein each POS transaction is correlated with corresponding transaction data occurring at said POS terminals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.