Systems and methods facilitating mobile retail environments
First Claim
1. An automated system for configuring point-of-sale (POS) devices in dynamically-changing mobile retail environments, the system comprising:
- a vendor/supplier connector module that is constructed to facilitate automated exchange of product data over a computer network with a plurality of different vendors or suppliers of products or services, wherein the product data includes information corresponding to a set of products or services to be ordered or delivered on board mobile retail environments;
a carrier connector module that is constructed to facilitate automated exchange of transportation data over a computer network with a plurality of different carriers, wherein the transportation data includes vehicle and departure/arrival information corresponding to specific mobile retail environments;
a provisioning module that is communicatively coupled to the vendor/supplier connector module and to the carrier connector module, the provisioning module being constructed to automatically determine, 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 specific individual mobile retail environments;
a POS customization module that is communicatively coupled to the provisioning module, the POS customization module being constructed to automatically generate re-configuration data to be uploaded to each of a plurality of POS interfaces via a mobile store integrator module, wherein the re-configuration data limits each of the plurality of POS interfaces to facilitating sales of only certain members of the set of products or services that correspond to a specific one of the mobile retail environments based on the mobile inventory requirements for that mobile retail environment.
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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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19 Claims
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1. An automated system for configuring point-of-sale (POS) devices in dynamically-changing mobile retail environments, the system comprising:
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a vendor/supplier connector module that is constructed to facilitate automated exchange of product data over a computer network with a plurality of different vendors or suppliers of products or services, wherein the product data includes information corresponding to a set of products or services to be ordered or delivered on board mobile retail environments; a carrier connector module that is constructed to facilitate automated exchange of transportation data over a computer network with a plurality of different carriers, wherein the transportation data includes vehicle and departure/arrival information corresponding to specific mobile retail environments; a provisioning module that is communicatively coupled to the vendor/supplier connector module and to the carrier connector module, the provisioning module being constructed to automatically determine, 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 specific individual mobile retail environments; a POS customization module that is communicatively coupled to the provisioning module, the POS customization module being constructed to automatically generate re-configuration data to be uploaded to each of a plurality of POS interfaces via a mobile store integrator module, wherein the re-configuration data limits each of the plurality of POS interfaces to facilitating sales of only certain members of the set of products or services that correspond to a specific one of the mobile retail environments based on the mobile inventory requirements for that mobile retail environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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