Consumer device based point-of-sale

US9576286B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Groupon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Tuomas Artman · San Francisco, US
• Jyri Engestrom · San Francisco, US
• Ulf Schwekendiek · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 2013
• Grant date: Feb 21, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 11, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

Systems and related methods facilitating interactions between a merchant device, a central system and a consumer device are discussed herein. Wallet identifying data may be used to secure messages between the consumer device and the merchant device over a wireless link. For example, the merchant device may include circuitry configured to wirelessly receive the wallet identifying data from a consumer device and to transmit the wallet identifying data to the central system. In response, consumer identifying data associated with the wallet identifying data may be received by the merchant device from the central system. In some embodiments, the consumer identifying data may be associated with a unit of location, such as a dine-in location at a restaurant, to facilitate consumer service.