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AssigneeMobil Oil Corporation
InventorsJoseph A. Giordano, Karen S. Guthrie, Steven L. Clapper
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A point-of-sale (POS) processing system includes a host and a plurality of portable POS terminals. A local controller may be provided intermediate the host and the POS terminals, so that the POS terminals communicate with the host via the local controller. Each POS terminal includes a main portion and an extension portion. The main portion may be supported by a harness for strapping the main portion to a dealer's body. The extension portion may be small in size and light in weight so that it can be easily held with one hand. The main portion includes a two-way communication subsystem, a processor, and at least one data interface. The extension portion includes a reading device (e.g., a magnetic strip reader) for reading financial account data from an account authorization device (e.g., a credit card, debit card or prepay card). It further includes an input device (e.g., a keypad) for inputting a security code access key (e.g., a PIN), and a device for generating encrypted data representative of the security code access key. The main portion may also include a printer for printing receipts generated as a result of a sale transaction.
A portable point-of-sale (POS) terminal for communicating with a point-of-sale host system, said point-of-sale terminal comprising:
A point-of-sale (POS) system comprising a point-of-sale host system and plural POS terminals for communicating with said host system, said host system being provided at a central off-site location far from a location at which said plural POS terminals are deployed, each said POS terminal comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.