Point-of-sale terminal transfer
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsIgor S. Ramos, Devon E. Mensching, Angelo Danducci, II, Kimberly J. Taft
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Abstract
An application on a computing device of a user is initiated. The application allows the user to complete a purchase via the computing device instead of a point-of-sale (POS) terminal. A set of preferences of the user is retrieved. A new interface of the POS terminal is generated on the computing device. The new interface is based on the retrieved set of preferences. The new interface includes one or more screens and icons that perform one or more POS terminal capabilities when selected by the user. The generated new interface is rendered on the computing device.
Claims20
A method, the method comprising:
- initiating, by one or more computer processors, an application on a computing device of a user which allows the user to complete a purchase via the computing device instead of an available point-of-sale (POS) terminal;
- retrieving, by one or more computer processors, a set of preferences of the user;
- generating, by one or more computer processors, a new interface of the available POS terminal for the user on the computing device based on the retrieved set of preferences of the user which includes one or more screens and icons that, when selected by the user performs one or more POS capabilities of the available POS terminal;
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- rendering, by one or more computer processors, the generated new interface on the computing device of the user.
A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:
- one or more computer readable storage media;
- and
- program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
- program instructions to initiate an application on a computing device of a user which allows the user to complete a purchase via the computing device instead of an available point-of-sale (POS) terminal;
- program instructions to retrieve a set of preferences of the user;
- program instructions to generate a new interface of the available POS terminal for the user on the computing device based on the retrieved set of preferences of the user which includes one or more screens and icons that, when selected by the user, performs one or more POS capabilities of the available POS terminal;
- and
- program instructions to render the generated new interface on the computing device of the user.
A computer system, the computer system comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- one or more computer readable storage media;
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- program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising:
- program instructions to initiate an application on a computing device of a user which allows the user to complete a purchase via the computing device instead of an available point-of-sale (POS) terminal;
- program instructions to retrieve a set of preferences of the user;
- program instructions to generate a new interface of the available POS terminal for the user on the computing device based on the retrieved set of preferences of the user which includes one or more screens and icons that, when selected by the user, performs one or more POS capabilities of the available POS terminal;
- and
- program instructions to render the generated new interface on the computing device of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.