POS INTERFACE (IF) EMULATOR

• US 20130132216A1
• Filed: 10/19/2012
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Aihara, Toru, Kamijo, Noboru
• Application Number:
  US13/655,559
• Publication Number:
  US 20130132216A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3276 using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being read by the M-device
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0081 the reader being a portable scanner or data reader G07G1/009 takes precedence

Abstract

A point of sale interface (POS IF) emulator system includes a payment data processing-verification device that processes payment information in accordance with POS device information, emulates a POS input operation, and inputs the processed payment information to a POS device through a keyboard interface; the payment information being created from payment information extracted from shopping information and payment information acquired from user registration information, the shopping information being created by a mobile phone by acquiring item information from an item tag for an item and by performing the acquisition one or more times; wherein payment is made at the POS device corresponding to the POS device information.

Claims

1. A point of sale interface (POS IF) emulator system, comprising:

a payment data processing-verification device that processes payment information in accordance with POS device information, emulates a POS input operation, and inputs the processed payment information to a POS device through a keyboard interface;

the payment information being created from payment information extracted from shopping information and payment information acquired from user registration information, the shopping information being created by a mobile phone by acquiring item information from an item tag for an item and by performing the acquisition one or more times;

wherein payment is made at the POS device corresponding to the POS device information.

2. The POS IF emulator system according to claim 1, wherein the payment data processing-verification device further acquires, in accordance with the POS device information, an output displayed by the POS in response to the inputting.

3. The POS IF emulator system according to claim 2, wherein the payment data processing-verification device compares the output displayed by the POS device with the payment information input to the POS device, and whenever the output is different from the input payment information, the payment data processing-verification device emulates a POS operation and inputs a canceling operation to the POS device through the keyboard interface.

4. The POS IF emulator system according to claim 2, wherein:

the payment data processing-verification device compares the output displayed by the POS device with the payment information input to the POS; and

whenever the output is different from the input payment information and the payment information input to the POS device indicates a lower price than the output, the payment data processing-verification device inputs a canceling operation to the POS device.

5. The POS IF emulator system according to claim 2, wherein:

the payment data processing-verification device compares the verified output from the POS device with the payment information input to the POS device; and

whenever the output is different from the input payment information, the payment data processing-verification device notifies a store system including the POS device of the mismatch.

6. The POS IF emulator system according to claim 1, wherein payment information for each store is extracted by using store information contained in the shopping information so that payment can be made at a POS device in the store.

7. A mobile shopping system, comprising:

a point of sale interface (POS IF) emulator system including a payment data processing-verification device that processes payment information in accordance with POS device information, emulates a POS input operation, and inputs the processed payment information to a POS device through a keyboard interface, the payment information being created from payment information extracted from shopping information and payment information acquired from user registration information, the shopping information being created by a mobile phone by acquiring item information from an item tag for an item and by performing the acquisition one or more times, wherein payment is made at the POS device corresponding to the POS device information; and

a shopping-payment management system that extracts the payment information from the created shopping information and acquires the extracted payment information.

8. A mobile shopping system according to claim 7, further comprising a plurality of the POS IF emulator systems configured to extract payment information for each of a plurality of stores by using store information contained in the shopping information so that payment can be made at a corresponding POS device in each of the plurality of stores.

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15. A computer readable storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computer, perform a method of implementing a point of sale interface (POS IF) emulator system, the method comprising:

processing, with a payment data processing-verification device, payment information in accordance with POS device information, emulating a POS input operation, and inputting the processed payment information to a POS device through a keyboard interface;

the payment information being created from payment information extracted from shopping information and payment information acquired from user registration information, the shopping information being created by a mobile phone by acquiring item information from an item tag for an item and by performing the acquisition one or more times;

wherein payment is made at the POS device corresponding to the POS device information.

16. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the method further comprises acquiring, with the payment data processing-verification device, in accordance with the POS device information, an output displayed by the POS in response to the inputting.

17. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 16, wherein the method further comprises comparing, with the payment data processing-verification device, the output displayed by the POS device with the payment information input to the POS device, and whenever the output is different from the input payment information, emulating a POS operation and inputting a canceling operation to the POS device through the keyboard interface.

18. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

comparing, with the payment data processing-verification device, the output displayed by the POS device with the payment information input to the POS; and

whenever the output is different from the input payment information and the payment information input to the POS device indicates a lower price than the output, inputting a canceling operation to the POS device.

19. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

comparing, with the payment data processing-verification device, the verified output from the POS device with the payment information input to the POS device; and

whenever the output is different from the input payment information, notifying a store system including the POS device of the mismatch.

20. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein payment information for each store is extracted by using store information contained in the shopping information so that payment can be made at a POS device in the store.