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:
- software configured to run on at least one web server and cause the web server to:
- communicate with one or more POS terminals over a network comprising the Internet, wherein the one or more POS terminals are configured to display one or more POS screens;
- receive, over the network from a POS builder interface, information for creating or modifying the one or more POS screens, wherein the received information comprises one or more display interfaces for display on the one or more POS screens, the one or more display interfaces being associated with one or more items;
- create or modify the one or more POS screens based on the received information received from the POS builder interface;
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- configure the one or more POS terminals with the one or more POS screens over the network.
A web-based point of sale (POS) builder system comprising:
- software configured to run on at least one POS terminal and cause the at least one POS terminal to:
- display one or more POS screens;
- communicate with at least one web server over a network comprising the Internet;
- receive, over the network from the at least one web server, information for creating or modifying the one or more POS screens, wherein the received information comprises one or more display interfaces for display on the one or more POS screens, the one or more display interfaces being associated with one or more items;
- create or modify the one or more POS screens based on the received information;
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- perform one or more transactions with respect to the one or more items.
A method of implementing a web-based point of sale (POS) builder system, the method comprising:
- communicating with one or more POS terminals over a network comprising the Internet, wherein the one or more POS terminals are configured to display one or more POS screens;
- receiving, over the network from a POS builder interface, information for creating or modifying the one or more POS screens, wherein the received information comprises one or more display interfaces for display on the one or more POS screens, the one or more display interfaces being associated with one or more items;
- creating or modifying the one or more POS screens based on the received information received from the POS builder interface;
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- provisioning the one or more POS terminals with the one or more POS screens over the network.
A method of implementing a web-based point of sale (POS) builder system, the method comprising:
- displaying one or more POS screens;
- communicating with at least one web server over a network comprising the Internet;
- receiving, over the network from the at least one web server, information for creating or modifying the one or more POS screens, wherein the received information comprises one or more display interfaces for display on the one or more POS screens, the one or more display interfaces being associated with one or more items;
- creating or modifying the one or more POS screens based on the received information;
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- perform one or more transactions with respect to the one or more items.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.