US 12,456,135 B2
Systems for integrating online reviews with point of sale (POS) or EPOS (electronic point of sale) system
Denise Marie Belle, Syracuse, NY (US)
Filed by Denise Marie Belle, Syracuse, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/458,616.
Application 18/458,616 is a continuation of application No. 16/827,359, filed on Mar. 23, 2020, abandoned.
Application 16/827,359 is a continuation of application No. 15/341,431, filed on Nov. 2, 2016, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/249,420, filed on Nov. 2, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0410161 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0282 (2023.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0282 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/202 (2013.01); G06Q 20/209 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3276 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0255 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for customer review, comprising:
a point-of-sale (POS) system communicatively coupled to a server, the POS system being configured to:
receive transaction information for a single transaction, the transaction information including a number of people in a group, the group comprising a plurality of people, the number of people being greater than 1;
determine an amount of the single transaction representing a total bill for the group;
determine a number of codes to generate based on the transaction information, the number of codes being greater than 1; and
transmit the amount of the single transaction, the transaction information, and the determined number of codes to generate to the server,
wherein the server is configured to:
in response to receiving the amount of the single transaction, the transaction information, and the number of codes to generate, generate a plurality of customer codes, a number of the plurality of customer codes being equal to the determined number of codes, each generated customer code being unique from one another, each of the generated plurality of customer codes respectively corresponding to different people in the group, and
transmit the generated plurality of customer codes to the POS system, wherein the POS system is further configured to:
in response to receiving the generated plurality of customer codes, generate a single transaction receipt associated with the single transaction, the single transaction receipt including the single transaction amount and the generated plurality of customer codes, each of the generated plurality of customer codes corresponding to different people in the group; and
at least one customer device communicatively coupled to the server, the at least one customer device being configured to:
receive a respective customer code; and
transmit the respective customer code to the server, wherein the server is further configured to:
determine whether the respective customer code is authentic based on the respective customer code being among the generated plurality of customer codes,
in response to determining that the respective customer code is authentic, enable the at least one customer device to provide a review from one person in the group, the one person being associated with the respective customer code, and
receive a respective review corresponding to any of the plurality of customer codes associated with the single transaction.