CPC G06Q 20/20 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/40145 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
initiating, at an initiating pay-station of a retail store, a customer transaction for a customer, wherein initiating the customer transaction comprises generating a list of items for purchase by the customer;
determining, at the initiating pay station, whether the initiating pay-station is able to process the customer transaction according to a payment requirement of one or both of the customer and the retail store; and
responsive to determining that the initiating pay-station is unable to process the customer transaction according to the payment requirement:
determining payment capabilities of each of a plurality of pay-stations in the retail store;
identifying, from among the plurality of pay-stations in the retail store and based on the payment capabilities, one or more potential target pay-stations in the retail store that are capable of processing the customer transaction according to the payment requirement;
automatically selecting, from among the one or more potential target pay-stations, a target pay-station to process the customer transaction according to the payment requirement;
generating customer identification information comprising the customer's biometric data and contextual data, wherein the contextual data comprises non-biometric data that describes a characteristic of an article of clothing worn by the customer;
sending the generated list of items for purchase by the customer and the customer identification information to the target pay-station;
directing the customer to the target pay-station to complete the customer transaction according to the payment requirement; and
destroying the customer identification information without saving the customer identification information to memory.
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