System, method and article of manufacture for multiple-entry point virtual point of sale architecture
US6178409A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 17, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0641
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A server communicates bidirectionally with a gateway over a first communication link, over which service requests flow to the server for one or more merchants and/or consumers. Service requests are associated with a particular merchant based on storefront visited by a consumer or credentials presented by a merchant. Service requests result in merchant specific transactions that are transmitted to the gateway for further processing on existing host applications.
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