Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080235105 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN APPLICATION-SPECIFIC USER INTERFACE ON A PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR CONDUCTING TRANSACTIONS WITH RETAIL DEVICES - Systems and methods for performing a consumer purchase transaction at a retail device are disclosed. According to one system and method, an identifier associated with the retail device is provided to a personal communication device. An application-specific user interface is associated with the retail device based on the identifier. A selection is received for the consumer purchase transaction made by a consumer interacting with the application-specific user interface executing on the personal communication device. The consumer purchase transaction is performed based on the received selection for the consumer purchase transaction made by the consumer interacting with the application-specific user interface. | 09-25-2008 |
20080308628 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RECEIPTS, ADVERTISING, PROMOTION, LOYALTY PROGRAMS, AND CONTESTS TO A CONSUMER VIA AN APPLICATION-SPECIFIC USER INTERFACE ON A PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Systems and methods for performing a consumer advertising transaction at a retail device are disclosed. According to one system and method, an identifier associated with the retail device is provided to a personal communication device. An application-specific user interface specific to the retail device is associated based on the identifier. A selection is received for the consumer advertising transaction made by a consumer interacting with the application-specific user interface executing on the personal communication device. The consumer advertising transaction is performed based on the received selection for the consumer advertising transaction made by the consumer interacting with the application-specific user interface. | 12-18-2008 |
20080313028 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSUMER NOTIFICATION THAT AN ORDER IS READY FOR PICK UP VIA AN APPLICATION-SPECIFIC USER INTERFACE ON A PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Systems and methods for providing notification of order fulfillment for an order previously made at a retail device by a consumer interacting with a personal communication device are disclosed. According to one system and method, a notification is provided to the personal communication device that the order has been fulfilled, where the order was previously made by the consumer interacting with an application-specific user interface executing on the personal communication device and the application-specific user interface is provided on the personal communication device based on an identifier associated with the retail device received from the personal communication device. | 12-18-2008 |
20080313062 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING PAPER RECEIPTS TO ELECTRONIC RECEIPTS USING AN APPLICATION-SPECIFIC USER INTERFACE ON A PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Systems and methods for providing an electronic receipt for an order previously made at a retail device by a consumer interacting with a personal communication device are disclosed. According to one system and method, a receipt is scanned using the personal communication device, where the order was previously made by the consumer interacting with an application-specific user interface executing on the personal communication device and the application-specific user interface was provided on the personal communication device based on a received identifier associated with the retail device. The scanned receipt is converted to the electronic receipt. | 12-18-2008 |
20080313078 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFICATION OF SITE LOCATION USING AN APPLICATION-SPECIFIC USER INTERFACE ON A PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Systems and methods for preventing fraud during a purchase transaction performed at a retail device are disclosed. According to one system and method, an identifier is received from an application-specific user interface executing on a personal communication device, wherein the identifier is associated with the retail device. Location information associated with the personal communication device is received, and the location information associated with the personal communication device is compared to location information associated with the retail device. It is determined whether the personal communication device and the retail device are located proximately to one another. The purchase transaction is authorized if the personal communication device and the retail device are located proximately to one another. | 12-18-2008 |
20090084840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAYMENT AT A POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL - A point-of-sale terminal comprises a processor, memory operatively coupled to the processor, a display screen operatively coupled to the processor and configured to display transaction information and a reader operatively coupled to the processor and configured to read a first two-dimensional encoded image pattern comprising payment information and personal security information necessary to complete a transaction. The processor is configured to decipher the first two-dimensional encoded image pattern to obtain the payment information and personal security information and complete the transaction based on this information. The personal security information comprises at least one of GPS information, time and date information, handheld device information and PIN information. The display may be configured to display a second two dimensional encoded image pattern generated by the processor that comprises transaction information readable by a handheld device that generates the first two-dimensional encoded image in response to the second two dimensional encoded image. | 04-02-2009 |
20100012715 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAIRING A BLUETOOTH DEVICE WITH A POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL - A method of connecting a wireless unit to a point-of-sale terminal comprises providing a wireless unit having a display and image reader, and providing a point-of-sale terminal to wirelessly connect to said wireless unit, said point-of-sale terminal having a display and an image reader. The method further comprises the steps of displaying a first barcode on one of said wireless unit display and said point-of-sale terminal, said first barcode containing information necessary to pair the wireless unit with the point-of-sale terminal, reading said displayed first barcode with said image reader of the other of said wireless unit and said point-of-sale terminal, displaying a second barcode on said other of said wireless unit and said point-of-sale terminal in response to said first barcode, reading said displayed second barcode with said image reader of said one of said wireless unit and said point-of-sale terminal and wirelessly pairing said wireless unit to said point-of-sale terminal based on said first and said second barcode data. | 01-21-2010 |
20120022956 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RECEIPTS, ADVERTISING, PROMOTION, LOYALTY PROGRAMS, AND CONTESTS TO A CONSUMER VIA AN APPLICATION-SPECIFIC USER INTERFACE ON A PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Systems and methods for performing a consumer advertising transaction at a retail device are disclosed. According to one system and method, an identifier associated with the retail device is provided to a personal communication device. An application-specific user interface specific to the retail device is associated based on the identifier. A selection is received for the consumer advertising transaction made by a consumer interacting with the application-specific user interface executing on the personal communication device. The consumer advertising transaction is performed based on the received selection for the consumer advertising transaction made by the consumer interacting with the application-specific user interface. | 01-26-2012 |
20120166343 | FUEL DISPENSING PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR SECURE EVALUATION OF CARDHOLDER DATA - A system used in a retail environment for providing end-to-end encryption of payment cardholder data. An input device configured to receive cardholder data is operative to encrypt the cardholder data according to a first encryption method to produce first encrypted cardholder data. A cardholder data handling device is in electronic communication with the input device. A secure evaluation assembly (SEA) is operatively connected to the cardholder data handling device and comprises antitampering control electronics adapted to decrypt the first encrypted cardholder data to produce unencrypted cardholder data. The antitampering control electronics evaluate the unencrypted cardholder data to determine whether the unencrypted cardholder data is payment cardholder data or nonsensitive cardholder data. Finally, if the unencrypted cardholder data is payment cardholder data, the antitampering control electronics of the SEA are adapted to encrypt the unencrypted cardholder data according to a second encryption method to produce second encrypted cardholder data. | 06-28-2012 |
20130025574 | ALTERNATE FUEL STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A fuel tank for storing an alternate fuel and providing the fuel to an internal combustion engine includes: an inner shell with an internal cavity designed to store fuel; an outer shell configured and positioned relative to the inner shell such that an interstitial volume is created between the inner and outer shells; and a heating unit positioned in the interstitial volume. In some embodiments, the interstitial volume is filled with air; in other embodiments, the interstitial volume is filled with a thermally insulative material. | 01-31-2013 |
20130134214 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAIRING A BLUETOOTH DEVICE WITH A POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL - A method of completing a transaction at a point-of-sale terminal using payment information contained on a wireless unit of a customer. The method comprises providing a point-of-sale terminal capable of wirelessly connecting with a wireless unit of a customer desiring to complete a transaction. The point-of-sale terminal is used to perform at least one of reading a barcode displayed on the wireless unit containing short range network pairing information, or displaying a barcode containing short range network pairing information for reading by the wireless unit, to thereby establish a short range wireless network between the point-of-sale terminal and the wireless unit of the customer. Via the short range wireless network, transaction data is received from the wireless unit of the customer containing payment information. The transaction data is then used to effect payment for the transaction and thereby complete the transaction. | 05-30-2013 |