US 12,462,236 B2
Lottery ticket data interceptor for a point-of-sale system
Michael Roeygaard, Rome (IT); and Apostolos D. Kallis, Barrington, RI (US)
Assigned to Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation, Providence, RI (US)
Filed by Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation, Providence, RI (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/930,601.
Prior Publication US 2024/0086882 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07G 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 20/20 (2013.01) [G07F 17/329 (2013.01); G07G 1/0045 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A point-of-sale (POS) lottery ticket data interceptor communicatively and operably connectable to a POS system comprising a POS system scanner that comprises a scanner housing and a POS system terminal that comprises a terminal housing, the POS lottery ticket data interceptor comprising:
an interceptor housing that is separate from the scanner housing and the terminal housing;
a POS system scanner connector supported by the interceptor housing and physically and communicatively connectable to the POS system scanner by a first hardwire connectable to the POS system scanner and the POS system scanner connector such that the POS lottery ticket data interceptor is connected to the POS system scanner in place of the POS system terminal and all scan data generated by the POS system scanner is communicated from the POS system scanner by the first hardwire and the POS system scanner connector to the POS lottery ticket data interceptor;
a terminal connector supported by the interceptor housing and physically and communicatively connectable to the POS system terminal by a second hardwire connectable to the terminal connector and the POS system terminal such that the POS lottery ticket data interceptor is connected to the POS system terminal in place of the POS system scanner;
a data transmitter supported by the interceptor housing;
a data receiver supported by the interceptor housing;
a processor supported by the interceptor housing and communicatively connected to the POS system scanner connector, the terminal connector, the data transmitter, and the data receiver; and
a memory device supported by the interceptor housing;
wherein the memory device stores a plurality of instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the POS lottery ticket data interceptor to:
monitor all scan data received from the POS system scanner via the first hardwire based on all scans by the POS system scanner;
responsive to receiving scan data from the POS system scanner that comprises lottery ticket related data that is related to a lottery ticket and that is different from UPC data related to the lottery ticket, determine and transmit other data different from the scan data to the POS system terminal via the second hardwire, the other data related to the lottery ticket; and
responsive to receiving scan data from the POS system scanner that does not comprise any lottery ticket related data, transmit the scan data without modification to the POS system terminal.