Systems and methods for configuring a point-of-sale system
First Claim
1. A method for implementing a scalable value transfer system, the method comprising:
- providing a point-of-sale device, wherein the point-of-sale device includes a processor, a memory, and a communication interface;
communicably coupling the point-of-sale device to a communication network via the communication interface, wherein a transaction system is accessible by the point-of-sale device via the communication network, the transaction system configured to process transactions between a merchant and customers;
receiving, with the communications interface, a set of instructions executable by the point-of-sale device to reconfigure the point-of-sale device to enable access to the transaction system; and
reconfiguring the point-of-sale device to enable access to the transaction system, the reconfiguring including loading the set of instructions to the memory.
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Abstract
Among other things, the present invention provides a variety of systems and methods for configuring and/or providing a configurable point-of-sale system. Various methods of the present invention include providing a point-of-sale device and coupling it to a communication network. One or more transaction systems are accessible to the point-of-sale device via the transaction network, instructions are loaded to the memory of the point-of-sale device allowing it to access the transaction system. Various systems include a plurality of point-of-sale devices communicably coupled to various transaction systems via a communication network. The point-of-sale devices can be configurable to access one or more of the various transaction systems.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for implementing a scalable value transfer system, the method comprising:
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providing a point-of-sale device, wherein the point-of-sale device includes a processor, a memory, and a communication interface; communicably coupling the point-of-sale device to a communication network via the communication interface, wherein a transaction system is accessible by the point-of-sale device via the communication network, the transaction system configured to process transactions between a merchant and customers; receiving, with the communications interface, a set of instructions executable by the point-of-sale device to reconfigure the point-of-sale device to enable access to the transaction system; and reconfiguring the point-of-sale device to enable access to the transaction system, the reconfiguring including loading the set of instructions to the memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for deploying a dynamic value transfer system, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of point-of-sale devices, wherein each of the point-of-sale devices includes a processor, a memory, and a communication interface; loading a set of instructions to the memory, wherein the set of instructions are executable by the each of the plurality of point-of-sale devices to facilitate access to at least a first transaction system; communicably coupling the plurality of point-of-sale devices to a communication network via the communication interfaces, wherein the first transaction system and a second transaction system are accessible by each of the plurality of point-of-sale devices via the communication network; receiving, at the communications interface of a first one of the point-of-sale devices, a second set of instructions; and reconfiguring the first point-of-sale device to enable access to the second transaction system, the reconfiguring including loading the second set of instructions to the memory. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An extensible transaction system, the system comprising:
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a plurality of configurable point-of-sale devices, wherein each of the point-of-sale devices includes a processor, a memory, and a communication interface; and wherein; each of the plurality of point-of-sale devices are communicably coupled to a communication network via the communication interface, a plurality of transaction systems are accessible via the communication network, and the memory comprises instructions executable by the processor to request access to each of the plurality of transaction systems and instructions executable by the processor to receive additional instructions, from the communications interface, to enable the point-of-sale device to use one of the transaction systems. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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