An expedited automated merchant boarding system in association with a distributed enhanced payment processing system includes a merchant point of sale (POS) terminal system and a remote enhanced payment management system (EPMS). The remote EPMS pre-boards anticipated POS terminal system components and records pre-boarding results information. The POS terminal system initiates merchant boarding by transmitting merchant account information. The remote EPMS receives merchant account information and establishes a merchant account. The POS terminal system utilizes protocol transactions including auto-boarding information to initiate auto-boarding with the remote EPMS. The remote EPMS auto-boards the POS terminal system utilizing received auto-boarding information and recorded pre-boarding results. The remote EPMS turns up selected payment management services for the merchant POS terminal system. The POS terminal system utilizes payment transactions to conduct validation of successful interoperation with the remote EPMS. The remote EPMS enables utilization of selected payment management services by the POS terminal system.

Techniques for conducting transaction(s) between a merchant and customer(s) via a multi-device point-of-sale (POS) system is described. The multi-device POS system may include a merchant-facing device and a plurality of customer-facing devices. A merchant application executing on the merchant-facing device may determine an attribute of a customer based on data received during a pending transaction. The merchant application may determine accommodation capabilities of individual customer-facing devices of the plurality of customer-facing devices. The merchant application may select a customer-facing device for the customer to use in the transaction based on the attribute of the customer and the accommodation capabilities of the individual customer-facing devices. The merchant application may generate a user interface directing the customer to the selected customer-facing device.

A sales management device includes a communication interface and a processor. The communication interface is configured to communicate with a mobile terminal on which a user registers purchases and a clerk terminal within a store. The processor is configured to acquire terminal identification information set for the mobile terminal, acquire status information indicating an operating status of the mobile terminal identified by the terminal identification, acquire a communication connection state of the mobile terminal, and outputs the terminal identification information to the clerk terminal in response to (i) the communication connection state of the mobile terminal being unconnected and (ii) the status information of the mobile terminal acquired before the communication connection state of the mobile terminal becoming unconnected indicating a non-checkout status.

A checkout state for different types of transaction terminals of a store as a whole is determined during a given analyzed interval of time based on transaction logs for transactions processed during the interval. Each transaction is classified into a basket size based on that transaction's total number of items during the interval. Metrics are recorded for the checkout state by basket size and terminal type relative to the total number of transactions within the interval for all terminal types. Trends are derived from the metrics between adjacent analyzed intervals of time. The metrics and trends are custom provided by checkout state per basket size of each terminal type over configurable periods of time within graphs, charts, and tables rendered within a user interface.

The present disclosure generally relates to a method and a hardware and software system for collecting data from retail point of sale. The hardware connects to a wide variety of barcode scanners and receipt printers. Collected data is transmitted to a cloud-based infrastructure backend system using a wireless internet connection built into the hardware. The collected data can be processed to extract item-level transaction information, and estimate the price and in-stock status of items in particular shops. A search engine can be provided using this data, which allows a customer to discover which nearby shop has an item of interest in stock. A targeted advertising system that complements this search service is also presented. The data can be used by retailers and manufacturers for business analysis and optimization.

The present disclosure generally relates to a method and a hardware and software system for collecting data from retail point of sale. The hardware connects to a wide variety of barcode scanners and receipt printers. Collected data is transmitted to a cloud-based infrastructure backend system using a wireless internet connection built into the hardware. The collected data can be processed to extract item-level transaction information, and estimate the price and in-stock status of items in particular shops. A search engine can be provided using this data, which allows a customer to discover which nearby shop has an item of interest in stock. A targeted advertising system that complements this search service is also presented. The data can be used by retailers and manufacturers for business analysis and optimization.

A method and apparatus for reader device registration, activation, and use are described. The method may include receiving, by a commerce platform, a registration request generated by a reader device, wherein the registration request comprises at least identification data for the reader device. The method may also include transmitting, to the reader device, a registration code. The method may also include receiving, by the commerce platform from a merchant system, a second registration code purported to be the registration code transmitted to the reader device. The method may also include generating an encryption key associated with the reader device and transmitting the encryption key to the merchant system, wherein the encryption key is provided by merchant system to the reader device for use by the reader device when communicating with the commerce platform during merchant transactions.

A method and apparatus for reader device registration, activation, and use are described. The method may include receiving, by a commerce platform, a registration request generated by a reader device, wherein the registration request comprises at least identification data for the reader device. The method may also include transmitting, to the reader device, a registration code. The method may also include receiving, by the commerce platform from a merchant system, a second registration code purported to be the registration code transmitted to the reader device. The method may also include generating an encryption key associated with the reader device and transmitting the encryption key to the merchant system, wherein the encryption key is provided by merchant system to the reader device for use by the reader device when communicating with the commerce platform during merchant transactions.

A modular service station providing customizable casino services comprise a base module providing base functionality and/or one or more secondary modules which are associated with the base module and implement secondary functionality to the base functionality.

A modular service station providing customizable casino services comprise a base module providing base functionality and/or one or more secondary modules which are associated with the base module and implement secondary functionality to the base functionality.