SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CUSTOM REPORTS BASED ON POINT-OF-SALE DATA

• US 20070271185A1
• Filed: 05/11/2007
• Published: 11/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: B-50com LLC (B-50.com)
• Original Assignee: B-50com LLC (B-50.com)
• Inventors: Newman, Leonard, Engler, Lee, Engler, Jeffery
• Granted Patent: US 8,662,385 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/51
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/202 Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method of generating custom reports based on point-of-sale data transferred between multiple remote computing devices and a central computing device includes generating point-of-sale data at multiple remote locations, transferring the point-of-sale data to a central computing device from multiple computing devices at the respective multiple remote locations, defining a custom report format, the custom report format specifying at least two of the multiple remote locations and specifying a date range, the date range and the at least two multiple remote locations being freely selectable by a user, generating a custom report using the custom report format, the custom report being based on point-of-sale data related to the specified remote locations and the specified date range, and communicating the custom report to a human being. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for generating custom reports is also disclosed, as are subscription services, computer systems, graphical user interfaces and other features.

Claims

1. A method for limiting access to point-of-sale data comprising:

receiving from a user a request to access the point-of-sale data, wherein the point-of-sale data is associated with a plurality of retail stores;

authenticating the user;

determining a report that the user is permitted to access based on access rights associated with the user, wherein at least a portion of the access rights is based on the user'"'"'s position within a retail organization; and

presenting a report data format based on the report, wherein the report data format allows access only to a portion of the point-of-sale data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the point-of-sale data from a plurality of remote computers associated with the plurality of retail stores.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating report data based on the report data format; and

presenting the report data to the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user is permitted to access more of the point-of-sale data as the user'"'"'s position is higher in the retail organization.

5. A system for limiting access to point-of-sale data comprising:

a processor;

a memory unit coupled to the processor to store instructions which, when executed by the processor perform a process including;

receiving from a user a request to access the point-of-sale data, wherein the point-of-sale data is associated with a plurality of retail stores;

authenticating the user;

determining a report that the user is permitted to access based on access rights associated with the user, wherein at least a portion of the access rights is based on the user'"'"'s position within a retail organization; and

presenting a report data format based on the report, wherein the report data format allows access only to a portion of the point-of-sale data.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the process performed by the processor further comprise:

receiving the point-of-sale data from a plurality of remote computers associated with the plurality of retail stores.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the process performed by the processor further comprise:

generating report data based on the report data format; and

presenting the report data to the user.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the user is permitted to access more of the point-of-sale data as the user'"'"'s position is higher in the retail organization.

9. A computer-readable medium including instructions for limiting access to point-of-sale data that, when performed by a computer, cause the computer to:

receive from a user a request to access the point-of-sale data, wherein the point-of-sale data is associated with a plurality of retail stores;

authenticate the user;

determine a report that the user is permitted to access based on access rights associated with the user, wherein at least a portion of the access rights is based on the user'"'"'s position within a retail organization; and

present a report data format based on the report, wherein the report data format allows access only to a portion of the point-of-sale data.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, further comprising instructions that cause the computer to:

receive the point-of-sale data from a plurality of remote computers associated with the plurality of retail stores.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, further comprising instructions that cause the computer to:

generate report data based on the report data format; and

present the report data to the user.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the user is permitted to access more of the point-of-sale data as the user'"'"'s position is higher in the retail organization.