Retail mobile point-of-sale (POS) software application and retail middleware software application
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Abstract
A portable electronic device includes a memory and processor. The memory stores instructions, which are part of a retail mobile software purchase software application. The instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the portable electronic device to first transmit a search request for an item. The device receives item information including item description and item price and also receives a selection to purchase the item from a purchaser. The retail mobile software creates an order including the selected item and adds other selected items to the order. The retail mobile software application displays payment options for the order and receives a payment option selection for the order including the selected item. The retail mobile software application receives payment confirmation for the order including the selected item and displays receipt options for the order including the selected item. The retail mobile software application receives a selection of a receipt option and generates an electronic receipt for the order.
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19 Claims
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11. A computer-implemented method for a computing device operating in a retail environment, the computing device including a memory, a processor, the memory storing instructions which when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to:
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receive a transaction request that was transmitted wirelessly from a portable electronic device running a retail mobile software application, the transaction request being sent to an external retail purchase server device; retrieve configuration settings for the external retail purchase server device; format the transaction request according to the retrieved configuration settings; and transmit the formatted transaction request to the external retail purchaser server device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A computing device, comprising:
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a central dispatch module to receive a transaction request from a portable electronic device and to transfer the transaction request; a communications module to receive the transferred transaction request and to transfer the transferred request; a translation module to receive the transferred request, to identify a retail purchase server to which the portable electronic device is connected and request configuration settings for the retail purchase server; and a configuration module to retrieve the configuration settings for the retail purchase server and to transmit the retail purchase server configuration settings to the translation module, wherein the translation module utilizes the configuration settings for the retail purchase server to format the transferred transaction request to create the formatted transaction request. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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