SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF SALE TRANSACTION DATA

• US 20150302378A1
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Published: 10/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lightspeed Commerce USA Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Shopkeep.com Incorporated
• Inventors: Richelson, Jason, Ordway, Jason
• Granted Patent: US 9,965,755 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: G06Q 20/206 comprising security or operator identification provisions, e.g. password entry
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

This invention discloses a novel system and method for providing retail point of sale terminals that are connected securely over the Internet to a back-office service that manages the retailer'"'"'s data as a service using a system that supports more than one retailer, each of which will have one or more point of sale terminals. The system is adapted to provide transaction reconciliation with an accounting system whenever a user ends a shift and logs out of the register instance they are operating.

Claims

1. A system for managing retail transaction data comprising:

a first computer comprised of an instance of register software whose memory contains data representing an identifier unique to the instance of register software, where the first computer is operatively connected to a data network;

a server system connected to the first computer by the data network, said server system comprised of a database comprised of transaction data records associated with an authorized owner, said owner having a unique data identifier stored on the server system, each of said data records comprised of a corresponding data tag representing at least the logic state of open or closed, where the data in the database associated with the owner is accessible or modifiable as a result of the server system receiving from the first computer the identifier unique to the instance of register software and the server system verifying that the received identifier is associated with the owner identifier;

whereby the server system is further adapted to receive from the register instance a data message representing the condition that a user of the register instance has selected an end of shift command and in response to such reception, the server system automatically selecting from the database a plurality of transaction data records associated with the user and changing the data tag corresponding to those selected data records to the closed state.

4. The system of claim 1, 2 or 3 further comprising an accounting system connected to the server system by a data network or embodied in the server system, where the server system is further adapted to select from the database comprising the server system a plurality of transaction records with a data tag in the closed state and transmit to the accounting system the selected transaction records and an identifier associated with the authorized owner, and the accounting system is adapted to receive the transmitted identifier associated with the authorized owner, verify the received identifier, receive the transmitted transaction records and update data stored in the accounting system that is associated with the authorized owner by using the data comprising the received transaction records.

5. The system of claim 4 where the selection from the database comprising the server system occurs in response to the server system receiving log-in information from a user of the server system, verifying that the received log-in information is associated with the authorized owner and receiving from such user input data representing a command to commence the selection and transmission to the accounting system.

6. The system of claim 4 where the selection from the database comprising the server system occurs in response to the server system determining that a pre-determined period of time has passed since the last time the selection from the database comprising the server system and transmission to the accounting system have occurred.

7. The system of claim 4 where the selection from the database comprising the server system occurs at pre-determined times.

8. The system of claim 4 where the selection from the database comprising the server system occurs upon the server receiving a data message indicating that the user of the first computer has input a command representing the close of the user'"'"'s shift.

2. A system for managing retail transaction data comprising:

a first computer comprised of an instance of register software whose memory contains data representing an identifier unique to the instance of register software, a first database comprised of transaction data records, each of said data records comprised of a corresponding data tag representing at least the logic state of open or closed, where the first computer is operatively connected to a data network;

a server system connected to the first computer by the data network, said server system comprised of a second database comprised of transaction data records associated with an authorized owner, said owner having a unique data identifier stored on the server system, each of said data records comprised of a corresponding data tag representing at least the logic state of open or closed, where the data in the second database associated is accessible or modifiable as a result of the server system receiving from the first computer the identifier unique to the instance of register software and the server system verifying that the received identifier is associated with the owner identifier;

whereby the first computer is further adapted to receive from the user an input representing a selection of an end of shift command and in response to such input, the first computer automatically selecting from the first database a first plurality of transaction data records associated with the user, changing the corresponding data tags of the first plurality of transaction data records to a closed state and then transmitting at least one of the selected first plurality of transaction data records to the server system, transmitting to the server system the identifier associated with the register instance, and the server system being adapted to receive the register instance identifier, verify the register instance identifier, receive the selected first plurality of transaction records and in response to the verification and reception of the first plurality of transaction records, select a second plurality of transaction records stored in the second database corresponding to the received first plurality of transaction records, modify the second plurality of transaction records using the data comprising the received first plurality of transaction records and change the data tag corresponding to each of the second plurality of transaction records to the closed state.

3. A system for managing retail transaction data comprising:

a first computer comprised of an instance of register software whose memory contains data representing an identifier unique to the instance of register software, a first database comprised of transaction data records, each of said data records comprised of a corresponding data tag representing at least the logic state of open or closed, and each transaction record having a corresponding unique identifier, where the first computer is operatively connected to a data network;

a server system connected to the first computer by the data network, said server system comprised of a second database comprised of transaction data records associated with an authorized owner, said owner having a unique data identifier stored on the server system, each of said data records comprised of a corresponding data tag representing at least the logic state of open or closed and each transaction record having a corresponding unique identifier, where the data in the second database associated is accessible or modifiable as a result of the server system receiving from the first computer the identifier unique to the instance of register software and the server system verifying that the received identifier is associated with the owner identifier;

whereby the first computer is further adapted to receive from the user an input representing a selection of an end of shift command and in response to such input, the first computer automatically selecting from the first database the transaction records associated with the user having a data tag in the open state, changing the data tag to a closed state and transmitting to the server system a plurality of transaction record identifiers corresponding to the selected transaction records with data tags in the closed state and the identifier associated with the register instance, and the server system being adapted to receive the register instance identifier, verify the register instance identifier, receive the plurality of transaction record identifiers and in response to the verification and reception of the transaction record identifiers, select transaction records stored in the second database corresponding to the received transaction record identifiers and change the data tag of the transaction records selected from the second database to the closed state.