Point-of-sale system and method with mobile payment feature

US10692067B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Opentable, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Rohan Angrish · Redwood City, US
• Rishi Deshpande · Mountain View, US
• Kashyap Deorah · Mumbai, IN
• Tapan Pandita · Mumbai, IN
• Ulhas Mandrawadkar · Mumbai, IN
• Keshav Krity · Mumbai, IN
• Sanjay Dalsania · Mumbai, IN
• Abhay Kumar · Chapra, IN
• Dave Arthurs · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 13, 2017
• Grant date: Jun 23, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/12
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A point-of-sale system with a mobile payment feature includes an electronic display, one or more processors, and storage media storing a payment plugin to the point-of-sale system. The payment plugin sends ticket data representing a guest ticket over one or more data networks to an online service provider computer system; receives instruction from the service provider computer system to mark the guest ticket as designated for mobile payment; and causes user interface feedback on the electronic display that the guest ticket is to be paid via mobile payment. By doing so, the merchant is informed through their point-of-sale system that payment of the guest ticket will be facilitated by the online service provider. This alleviates the merchant from collecting payment from the guest before the guest leaves the merchant's premises and allows the guest to leave the premises as soon as the guest ticket is ready for mobile payment.