SYSTEMS AND METHODS FACILITATING 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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22. 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 information and on arrival/departure information specific to the new instance of the mobile retail environment, and on information corresponding to passengers to be present in the new instance of the mobile retail environment. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. 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 to be ordered or delivered on board mobile retail environments; 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, mobile inventory requirements representing certain members of the set of products or services 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 certain members of the set of products or services that correspond to a specific one of the plurality of mobile retail environments. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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