Systems and methods for providing consumer facing point-of-sale interfaces

US9928493B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Groupon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David Scott Parker · Mountain View, US
• Tim Loong Mun · Berkeley, US
• Raúl Eduardo Acuña Carrasco · San Francisco, US
• Kavin Arasu · Sunnyvale, US
• Peter Hong · Kalamazoo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 27, 2013
• Grant date: Mar 27, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 27, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0238
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, apparatus, methods, and non-transitory media for providing point-of-sale functionality are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include a system including a merchant device and a consumer facing device. The merchant device may include a merchant display device configured to present interactive displays of a merchant facing interface configured to be used by merchants. The consumer facing device may be configured to present interactive displays of a consumer facing interface configured to be used by consumers. The point-of-sale system may be configured to facilitate financial transactions and other forms of consumer service. For example, merchant inputs provided via the merchant facing interface (e.g., entered menu items) may be shown on the consumer facing interface. In another example, consumer inputs provided via the consumer facing interface be sent to the merchant device and/or otherwise used by the merchant device to facilitate a financial transaction, among other things.