System and method for facilitating secure self payment transactions of retail goods
DCFirst Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for spot-checking and verifying a consumer'"'"'s in-store purchase of goods and services from a retailer prior to the consumer exiting the store, said retailer having an electronic device capable of communicating with a server and with a consumer'"'"'s mobile device, the method comprising the following steps:
- the retailer electronic device receiving from the consumer'"'"'s mobile device prior to the consumer exiting the store a unique token that uniquely corresponds to the consumer'"'"'s in-store purchase of goods and services;
the retailer electronic device transmitting to the server a request to verify the consumer'"'"'s in-store purchase of goods and services, said request including the unique token;
the retailer device receiving from the server a response indicating whether the unique token is valid;
the retailer device displaying an indication of whether the unique token received from the mobile device is valid;
upon receiving an indication from the server indicating that the token is valid, the retailer device prompting a user of the retailer device for a response indicating whether the customer'"'"'s in-store purchase of goods and services have been inspected and approved; and
the retailer device transmitting to the server information indicating that the customer'"'"'s in-store purchase of goods and services has been inspected and approved by the user of the retailer device.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are various embodiments for systems and methods for self-payment and verification of the purchase of retail goods and services. According to an embodiment of the invention, a method for verifying the purchase using a mobile electronic device in wireless communication with a payment verification system and a code generating system is provided, the method comprising the steps of: receiving from a consumer information identifying an item for purchase; receiving from a consumer information identifying payment means for purchasing the item for purchase; processing the information identifying the item for purchase and information identifying payment means and generating a unique QR code indicating a purchase of the item; sending the unique QR code to a mobile device for display by a consumer to the vendor of the item for purchase.
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24 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for spot-checking and verifying a consumer'"'"'s in-store purchase of goods and services from a retailer prior to the consumer exiting the store, said retailer having an electronic device capable of communicating with a server and with a consumer'"'"'s mobile device, the method comprising the following steps:
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the retailer electronic device receiving from the consumer'"'"'s mobile device prior to the consumer exiting the store a unique token that uniquely corresponds to the consumer'"'"'s in-store purchase of goods and services; the retailer electronic device transmitting to the server a request to verify the consumer'"'"'s in-store purchase of goods and services, said request including the unique token; the retailer device receiving from the server a response indicating whether the unique token is valid; the retailer device displaying an indication of whether the unique token received from the mobile device is valid; upon receiving an indication from the server indicating that the token is valid, the retailer device prompting a user of the retailer device for a response indicating whether the customer'"'"'s in-store purchase of goods and services have been inspected and approved; and the retailer device transmitting to the server information indicating that the customer'"'"'s in-store purchase of goods and services has been inspected and approved by the user of the retailer device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electronic device for use by a retailer to spot-check and verify a consumer'"'"'s in-store purchase of goods and services from a retailer prior to the consumer exiting the store based on interactions with a consumer'"'"'s mobile device and using information stored in a remote server, the device comprising:
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a display; a first communication module; and one or more processors and a non-transitory storage medium in communication with said one or more processors, said non-transitory storage medium having instructions thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to execute the steps of; receiving from the consumer'"'"'s mobile device prior to the consumer exiting the store a unique token that uniquely corresponds to the consumer'"'"'s in-store purchase of goods and services; transmitting via the first communication module a request for the server to verify the consumer'"'"'s in-store purchase of goods and services, said request including the unique token; receiving via the first communication module a response from the server indicating whether the unique token is valid; displaying on the display an indication of whether the unique token received from the mobile device is valid; upon receiving an indication from the server indicating that the token is valid, prompting the user of the retailer device for a response indicating whether the customer'"'"'s in-store purchase of goods and services has been inspected and approved; and transmitting to the server information indicating that the customer'"'"'s in-store purchase of goods and services has been inspected and approved by the user of the retailer device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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