Integrating Online Ratings and Reviews for Businesses with Point of Sale (POS) or EPOS (Electronic Point of Sale) Systems to Increase Integrity and Authenticity

摘要

The system for integrating online ratings with a point of sale system includes a server and a point of sale (POS) system. The POS sends transaction information for the transaction to the server. A code is generated by the server in response to receiving the transaction information and sent to the POS. A receipt for the transaction is generated by the POS and provided to the customer, the receipt including the code. A user computer is operated by the customer and receives the code from the receipt. The user computer sends the code to the server and the server validates it to confirm the transaction took place between the customer and the business. A review of the business is created by the customer with the user computer only after the code has been validated.

主权项

1. A system for validating customer reviews, comprising:
a server; a point of sale system adapted to complete a transaction between a business and a customer, the point of sale system sending transaction information for the transaction to the server; a code generated by the server in response to receiving the transaction information, the code associated with the transaction, the server sending the code to the point of sale system; a receipt for the transaction printed by the point of sale system, the receipt including the code; a user computer operated by the customer, the user computer having a scanner scanning the receipt to identify the code, the user computer sending the code to the server; the server validating the code received from the user computer to confirm the transaction took place between the customer and the business; a review of the business created by the customer, the user computer receiving the review and sending the review to the server only after the code has been validated; the server publishing the review to users of the system.