US 11,972,231 B2
Web-based point of sale builder
Wayne Baratta, Poughkeepsie, NY (US); and Quentin Olson, Port Townsend, WA (US)
Assigned to CLOUDOFCHANGE, LLC, Poughkeepsie, NY (US)
Filed by CLOUDOFCHANGE, LLC, Poughkeepsie, NY (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/643,124.
Application 17/643,124 is a continuation of application No. 15/827,948, filed on Nov. 30, 2017, granted, now 11,226,793.
Application 15/827,948 is a continuation of application No. 15/635,097, filed on Jun. 27, 2017, granted, now 10,083,012, issued on Sep. 25, 2018.
Application 15/635,097 is a continuation of application No. 15/198,117, filed on Jun. 30, 2016, granted, now 9,715,371, issued on Jul. 25, 2017.
Application 15/198,117 is a continuation of application No. 12/012,666, filed on Feb. 5, 2008, granted, now 9,400,640, issued on Jul. 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0197602 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/00 (2023.01); G06F 8/30 (2018.01); G06F 8/34 (2018.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 8/30 (2013.01) [G06F 8/34 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06Q 20/202 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A web-based point of sale (POS) builder system comprising:
at least one server configured to:
communicate remotely with one or more computing devices over a network, the network comprising the Internet, to provide said one or more computing devices with access to POS builder software on said at least one server for creating or modifying one or more POS terminal functions for supporting one or more POS transactions associated with one or more items; and
communicate remotely with one or more POS devices over the network to configure at least some of the POS devices with the POS terminal functions for supporting the one or more POS transactions, said POS transactions by corresponding customers respectively associated with at least one of said one or more POS devices,
wherein each POS device is configured to store transaction information corresponding to the one or POS transactions respectively carried out thereat, builder information used for creating or modifying the one or more POS terminal functions, or a combination thereof, whereby such transaction information and builder information is accessible to the corresponding POS device without access to the network or the at least one server, and
wherein the transaction information regarding the one or more POS transactions, the builder information used for creating or modifying the one or more POS terminal functions, or a combination thereof comprises one or more of item information, employee clock information, customer add/update information, item add/update information, promotion information, loyalty point information, discount information, taxation information, item cost information, or inventory information.