SYSTEMS AND METHODS FACILITATING MOBILE RETAIL ENVIRONMENTS
First Claim
1. An automated system for facilitating sales in dynamically-changing mobile retail environments, the system comprising:
- a vendor/supplier connector module that is constructed to facilitate automated exchange of product data over a computer network with a plurality of different vendors or suppliers of products or services, wherein the product data includes information corresponding to a set of products or services that;
(a) can be ordered on board mobile retail environments, (b) can be delivered on board mobile retail environments, or both (a) and (b);
a carrier connector module that is constructed to facilitate automated exchange of transportation data over a computer network with a plurality of different carriers, wherein the transportation data includes vehicle and departure/arrival information corresponding to specific mobile retail environments;
a provisioning module that is communicatively coupled to the vendor/supplier connector module and to the carrier connector module, the provisioning module being constructed to automatically determine, based on the product data and on the transportation data, a plurality of subsets of the set of products or services, each of the plurality of the subsets corresponding to a specific mobile retail environment;
a point-of-sale (POS) customization module that is communicatively coupled to the provisioning module, the POS customization module being constructed to automatically generate re-configuration data for each of a plurality of POS interfaces, wherein the re-configuration data limits each of the plurality of POS interfaces to facilitating sales of only the subset of the set of products or services that corresponds to a specific one of the mobile retail environments.
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Abstract
An automated system for facilitating sales in dynamically-changing mobile retail environments includes a vendor/supplier connector module, a carrier connector module, a provisioning module, and a point-of-sale (POS) customization module. The vendor/supplier connector module facilitates automated exchange of product data with a plurality of different vendors or suppliers of products or services. The carrier connector module facilitates automated exchange of transportation data with a plurality of different carriers, with the transportation data corresponding to specific mobile retail environments. The provisioning module automatically determines, based on the product data and on the transportation data, products or services corresponding to a specific mobile retail environment. The POS customization module automatically generates re-configuration data for each of a plurality of POS interfaces. The re-configuration data limits each of the plurality of POS interfaces to facilitating sales of only the subset of the set of products or services that corresponds to a specific mobile retail environment.
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24 Claims
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1. An automated system for facilitating sales in dynamically-changing mobile retail environments, the system comprising:
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a vendor/supplier connector module that is constructed to facilitate automated exchange of product data over a computer network with a plurality of different vendors or suppliers of products or services, wherein the product data includes information corresponding to a set of products or services that;
(a) can be ordered on board mobile retail environments, (b) can be delivered on board mobile retail environments, or both (a) and (b);a carrier connector module that is constructed to facilitate automated exchange of transportation data over a computer network with a plurality of different carriers, wherein the transportation data includes vehicle and departure/arrival information corresponding to specific mobile retail environments; a provisioning module that is communicatively coupled to the vendor/supplier connector module and to the carrier connector module, the provisioning module being constructed to automatically determine, based on the product data and on the transportation data, a plurality of subsets of the set of products or services, each of the plurality of the subsets corresponding to a specific mobile retail environment; a point-of-sale (POS) customization module that is communicatively coupled to the provisioning module, the POS customization module being constructed to automatically generate re-configuration data for each of a plurality of POS interfaces, wherein the re-configuration data limits each of the plurality of POS interfaces to facilitating sales of only the subset of the set of products or services that corresponds to a specific one of the mobile retail environments. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An on-board point-of-sale (POS) device for use in a mobile retail environment, comprising:
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a display device and a user input device; a processor device and a memory device; a receiver that is constructed to receive new configuration data for a new instance of a mobile retail environment, wherein new product or service information is loaded into the memory device corresponding to the new instance of the mobile retail environment, wherein the new product or service information is based on transportation schedule and arrival/departure information specific to the new instance of the mobile retail environment, and on information corresponding passengers to be present in the new instance of the mobile retail environment. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A method of facilitating sales in dynamically-changing mobile retail environment, the method comprising:
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automatically facilitating exchange of product data over a computer network with a plurality of different vendors or suppliers of products or services including exchange of data corresponding to a set of products or services that;
(a) can be ordered in at least one on-board mobile retail environment, (b) can be delivered in at least one on-board mobile retail environment, or both (a) and (b);automatically facilitating exchange of transportation data over a computer network with a plurality of different carriers including exchange of vehicle and departure/arrival information corresponding to at least one specific on-board mobile retail environment; automatically determining, based on the product data and on the transportation data, a plurality of subsets of the set of products or services, each of the plurality of subsets corresponding to a specific mobile retail environment of a plurality of mobile retail environments; and automatically generating re-configuration data for each of a plurality of POS interfaces that automatically limit each of the plurality of POS interfaces to facilitating sales of only the subset of the set of products or services that corresponds to a specific one of the plurality of mobile retail environments.
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