| 摘要 |
A point-of-sale (POS) product enhancement system for the creation of enhanced software features in products at the POS. The POS product enhancement system comprising at least one register and contactless POS terminal operated by a retailer at a retail location and a central server operated by a central server company at a remote location. The register is configured for identifying a product, indicating one or more enhancements available for the product, and receiving indication of a selected enhancement from the customer. The contactless read/write terminal is in communication with the register and configured for receiving a PEA (product creation authorization) token for the selected enhancement, validating the PEA token and executing the enhancement of the product via an RFID tag coupled to the product, generating an audit record of the enhancement of the product, and sending the audit record from the contactless POS terminal to the central server. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method for a POS (point-of-sale) contactless product enhancement, comprising the steps of:
identifying a product with a register operated by a retailer at a retail location; indicating, with the register, one or more enhancements available for the product; receiving, with the register, indication of a selected enhancement from a customer; adding, with the register, a price for the selected enhancement to a bill for the customer; recording, with the register, payment from the customer for the bill; generating a product creation authorization token (a PEA token) for the selected enhancement; validating, with a contactless POS terminal, the PEA token; obtaining, with the contactless POS terminal, instructions for the selected enhancement; verifying, with the contactless POS terminal, that the selected enhancement can be executed; indicating, with the contactless POS terminal, readiness to enhance the product; detecting, with the contactless POS terminal, the product; executing, with the contactless POS terminal, the enhancement of the product; generating, with the contactless POS terminal, an audit record of the enhancement of the product; sending the audit record from the contactless POS terminal to a central server; generating, with the central server, an invoice of the enhancement for the retailer; and generating, with the central server, an income statement for a manufacturer of the product. |
