Cloud-based point-of-sale system
Assignee4361423 Canada Inc.
InventorDaniel McCann
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Abstract
Cloud-based point-of-sale systems and methods for effecting commercial transactions are provided. According to one system and method, a point-of-sale terminal is provided for capturing credit card information and transmitting the captured information to a central cloud point-of-sale server for processing a commercial transaction. The central cloud point-of-sale server processes the credit card information and returns a transaction notification to a point-of-sale system.
Claims10
A cloud-based point-of-sale system for effecting a commercial transaction, said system comprising:
- a central cloud point-of-sale server for processing the commercial transaction;
- a point-of-sale system operatively connected to the central cloud point-of-sale server, said point-of-sale system is located remotely from the central cloud point-of-sale server;
- a payment platform operatively connected to the central cloud point-of-sale server;
- a point-of-sale terminal for capturing information from a payment device, said point-of-sale terminal is operatively connected to the central cloud point-of-sale server;
- wherein the point-of-sale terminal transmits the captured payment device information to said central cloud point-of-sale server, the central cloud point-of-sale server processes the commercial transaction and transmits a transaction notification to the point-of-sale system and the point-of-sale terminal.
A method for effecting a commercial transaction, said method comprising:
- a point-of-sale terminal captures information from a payment device;
- said point-of-sale terminal transmits the captured payment device information to a central cloud point-of-sale server;
- a payment platform operatively connected to the central cloud point-of-sale server processes the commercial transaction and transmits a transaction notification to the point-of-sale terminal;
- wherein the point-of-sale terminal transmits the captured payment device information to said central cloud point-of-sale server, the central cloud point-of-sale server processes the commercial transaction and transmits a transaction notification to a point-of-sale system and the point-of-sale terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.