System for Accessing a Pos Terminal, Method for Downloading and Updating Applications and Method for Performing Electronic Operation Using Such a System

• US 20080270514A1
• Filed: 05/25/2005
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Muxi Tecnologia Em Pagamentos S.A. (Conductor Tecnologia SA)
• Original Assignee: Alexandre Soares Pi Farias
• Inventors: Soares Pi Farias, Alexandre
• Granted Patent: US 9,131,012 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/202 Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/14 Systems including one or more distant stations co-operating with a central processing unit data transmission in general H04L; telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

The present invention refers to system for accessing POS terminals (10), with or without pin pad, using a client system (15) to connect such POS terminal (10) to a network comprised by at least one server (30), the system enabling any POS terminal (10) to execute applications (25) located in such servers, through a plurality of specific protocols (20) in a process similar to the Internet, as well to download and update applications from application servers (30) and to perform electronic operations in transaction serves (35).

Claims

1. System for accessing a POS terminal comprising a client system which connects such POS terminal to a network using a plurality of communication and transaction protocols, the client system including at least one customized WML and Script extension added to preexisting WAP standards which comprises:

means for accessing a plurality of peripheral devices;

means for downloading and updating applications from application servers;

means for executing electronic operations with transaction servers using different transaction protocols; and

means for supporting multi-applications independently carried out in logical distinct environments.

2. System for accessing a POS terminal according to claim 1, wherein said different transaction protocols comprise HTTP, ISO 8583 and XML.

3. System for accessing a POS terminal according to claim 1, wherein the communication protocols are selected from a group consisting of TCP/IP, PPP, SDLC, X.28, GPRS, CDMA, CDMA X, Ethernet, GSM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and IR.

4. System for accessing a POS terminal according to claim 1, wherein the peripheral devices are selected from a group consisting of magnetic card readers, smart card readers, printers, pin pads, bar code readers, check readers, keyboards, Mifare contact-less card reader and sensitive touch screen.

5. System for accessing a POS terminal according to claim 1, wherein the customized WML and Script extension added to preexisting WAP standards further comprises means for executing electronic operation with chip cards.

6. Method for downloading and updating applications using the system as defined in claim 1, comprising the steps of:

connecting the POS client system with a network to receive an address;

establishing a transfer control protocol session between the client system and the application server;

sending an application download/update request;

processing the request in the application server; and

sending to the POS client system the application pages, scripts and data files.

7. Method for downloading and updating applications according to claim 6, wherein the step of processing the request in the application server further comprises the steps of:

contacting the transaction server with a message on a TCP/IP connection;

receiving an answer from transaction server with the POS client system configuration settings;

processing the application settings to build a customized version of the web application; and

sending to the POS client system the customized application pages, scripts and data files.

8. Method for downloading and updating applications, according to claim 6, wherein the connection of the POS terminal to a network is executed with a remote access server or via a broadband network.

9. Method for downloading and updating applications, according to claim 6, wherein the address provided by the network is an Internet Protocol (IP).

10. Method for downloading and updating applications, according to claim 6, wherein the step of sending an application download/update request is accompanied with a HTTP (or HTTPs) POST or GET command.

11. Method for downloading and updating applications, according to claim 7, wherein the step of contacting the transaction server is carried out with a message in ISO8583 format.

12. Method for downloading and updating applications, according to claim 6, wherein, after the step of sending the application pages, scripts and data files, the method further comprises the steps of processing the files received and emitting a receipt of application download/updating completion.

13. Method for performing electronic operations using the system as defined in claim 1, comprising the steps of:

connecting the POS client system with a network to receive permission;

building a transaction message and sending such message to the transaction server; and

receiving a response from transaction server to the POS client system with a transaction message.

14. Method for performing electronic operations according to claim 13, wherein the connection of POS terminal to a network is executed with a remote access server or via a broadband network.

15. Method for performing electronic operations according to claim 13, wherein the transaction message is in ISO 8583 format.

16. Method for performing electronic operations according to claim 13, wherein, after the step of receiving a response from the transaction server, the method further comprises the steps of processing the messages received and emitting a transaction receipt.