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Consumer device based point-of-sale

  • US 9,576,286 B1
  • Filed: 03/11/2013
  • Issued: 02/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A merchant device comprising:

  • a display configured to present interactive displays;

    communications circuitry configured to facilitate communications with a consumer device and a central system; and

    processing circuitry configured to;

    associate the merchant device with a unit of location at the merchant shop;

    wirelessly receive wallet identifying data from the consumer device via a direct wireless connection when the consumer device is within a direct wireless communicable range of the merchant device;

    transmit the wallet identifying data to the central system via a network connection separate from the direct wireless connection, wherein the wallet identifying data includes a random code generated by the central system independent of consumer identifying data associated with the wallet identifying data;

    in response to transmitting the wallet identifying data, receive, from the central system and via the network connection, the consumer identifying data associated with the wallet identifying data; and

    associate the consumer identifying data with the unit of location at a merchant shop based on the merchant device wirelessly receiving the wallet identifying data when the consumer device is within the direct wireless communicable range of the merchant device.

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