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Point of sale
About: Point of sale is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 3128 publications have been published within this topic receiving 64392 citations. The topic is also known as: place of sale & point of purchase.
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21 Jul 1994
TL;DR: In this paper, a system and method for customer promotion is described, in which a terminal enters a customer's identification code, along with customer transaction data, at the point-of-sale.
Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for customer promotion. A terminal enters a customer's identification code, along with customer transaction data, at the point-of-sale. A memory stores a database of previously entered customer identification codes and transactions data. Circuitry is provided for generating a signal representative of a customer's shopping history, wherein incentive coupons may be issued to customers in dependence upon the signal.
1,409 citations
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01 Oct 1997
TL;DR: In this paper, a customer obtains an authenticated quote from a specific merchant, the quote including a specification of goods and a payment amount for those goods, and forwards a portion of the payment advice to the specific merchant.
Abstract: A method of payment in an electronic payment system wherein a plurality of customers have accounts with an agent. A customer obtains an authenticated quote from a specific merchant, the quote including a specification of goods and a payment amount for those goods. The customer sends to the agent a single communication including a request for payment of the payment amount to the specific merchant and a unique identification of the customer. The agent issues to the customer an authenticated payment advice based only on the single communication and secret shared between the customer and the agent and status information which the agent knows about the merchant and/or the customer. The customer forwards a portion of the payment advice to the specific merchant. The specific merchant provides the goods to the customer in response to receiving the portion of the payment advice.
734 citations
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09 Jul 1985
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a system for reproducing information in material objects at a point of sale location, where the information to be reproduced is provided at the point-of-sale location from a location remote with respect to the point of sales location.
Abstract: not available for EP0195098Abstract of corresponding document: US4528643The present invention contemplates a system for reproducing information in material objects at a point of sale location wherein the information to be reproduced is provided at the point of sale location from a location remote with respect to the point of sale location, an owner authorization code is provided to the point of sale location in reponse to receiving a request code from the point of sale location requesting to reproducing predetermined information in a material object, and the predetermined information is reproduced in a material object at the point of sale location in response to receiving the owner authorization code.
560 citations
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10 May 2000
TL;DR: In this article, a credit card holder can complete a transaction without the card by providing an alias plus PIN (12) which is sent to a database at a point of purchase.
Abstract: A credit card holder can complete a transaction without the card. At a point of purchase (10), the card holder provides an alias plus PIN (12) which is sent to a database.
559 citations
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18 Jul 2006TL;DR: In this paper, a secure transaction server (STS) is used to authenticate a point of sale (POS) device according to a first authentication parameter and a second authentication parameter.
Abstract: Methods and systems provide a secure transaction server (STS); provide an authentic point of sale (POS) device, according to a first authentication parameter of the STS; provide an authentic mobile purchasing device, according to a second authentication parameter of the STS; provide a short-range communication method between the POS device and the mobile purchasing device; correlate by the STS a personal identification entry (PIE) and the authentic mobile purchasing device; transmit, by the POS device, a time dependent transformed secure POS authenticable POS purchase action to the STS; input the PIE to the mobile purchasing device to transmit a time dependent transformed secure user authenticable POS purchase action to the POS device via the short-range communication method; and approve, by the STS, the POS purchase action for the POS device and for the mobile purchasing device, according to the authentic POS device, and according to the authentic mobile purchasing device and the STS correlating of the PIE and the authentic mobile purchasing device.
547 citations