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Cloud-based platform integrating point of sale devices of different types and/or formats

  • US 9,595,061 B1
  • Filed: 11/25/2015
  • Issued: 03/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device, comprising:

  • one or more processors to;

    receive information regarding a product order via a web portal,the product order relating to a take-out or delivery of a food product, andthe product order being associated with a particular order format associated with the web portal;

    identify a store location associated with fulfilling the product order,the store location utilizing a particular type of point of sale (POS) device for managing product orders;

    select a store configuration, from a set of store configurations associated with a set of store locations, for the store location associated with fulfilling the product order based on identifying the store location,the store configuration specifying information associated with the particular type of POS device;

    determine, based on the information associated with the particular type of POS device, a format compatible with the particular type of POS device;

    select, based on the format compatible with the particular type of POS device, a data conversion module, associated with the particular type of POS device, from a plurality of data conversion modules accessible to the device,each of the plurality of data conversion modules being associated with converting information to an information format associated with a respective type of POS;

    perform, using the data conversion module associated with the particular type of POS device, one or more data conversions on data identifying the product order to generate a converted product order;

    store the converted product order in a queue dedicated for a POS device of the store location;

    receive update information regarding the food product being offered for sale via the web portal;

    perform, by reusing the data conversion module associated with the particular type of POS device, one or more data conversions on the update information to generate converted update information; and

    provide the converted update information to update the web portal.

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