US 12,126,619 B2
Point of sale controlling system
Sharon Freedman, Durham, NC (US); Amir Najari, Durham, NC (US); Mina Lee, Durham, NC (US); Monsak Chirakansakcharoen, Durham, NC (US); and Steve Chandler, Durham, NC (US)
Assigned to Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc., Durham, NC (US)
Filed by Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc., Durham, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/656,832.
Prior Publication US 2023/0328060 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01)
CPC H04L 63/0876 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); H04L 63/101 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
by a first network node that is operationally coupled to a second network node over a network and operationally coupled to a point of sale (POS) device over a one-to-one connection, with the POS device being operable to receive commands related to secured and unsecured functions of the POS device that are sent by the second network node to the first network node over the network and then conditionally sent by the first network node to the POS device over the one-to-one connection,
receiving, from the second network node, an indication that includes both a command related to the POS device and a network node identifier associated with the second network node; and
determining to send the command to the POS device responsive to both determining that the command does not correspond to a restricted command and determining that the network node identifier does not correspond to an authorized network node identifier that represents a network node that is authorized to send a command associated with the secured function to the POS device, wherein the restricted command corresponds to a command associated with the secured function of the POS device that requires a network node to be authorized to send that command to the POS device, wherein the restricted command corresponds to a command associated with the secured function of the POS device that requires a network node to be authorized to send that command to the POS device.