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1. A method comprising:
providing a wearable mobile scanner system, the wearable mobile scanner system comprising:
a mobile tablet device having mobile application software and secure Wi-Fi and wireless cellular communicative capability with a store's POS store systems server, as well as a corporate ERP system;said mobile tablet device being attached to several USB input devices, including a scanner and an MSR (magnetic swipe reader) through a specialized universal serial bus wiring harness; anda Main PCB (printed circuit board) having a previously programmed E EPROM controlling all actions of said scanner USB input device and a button in a palm or along an index finger of said wearable mobile scanner system for activating a scan operation of an item of interest to a customer by an employee of a retail establishment, said EEPROM controlling all actions of said MSR USB input device by swiping a customer payment card through the MSR slot for processing customer payment through a PCI certified bank card processing network;wherein said mobile tablet device is removably connected to a wearable base housing through a base mount universal receiver with rotational coupling, activating said scan operation causing said EEPROM to communicate with said mobile tablet device, launching said application software to ready said mobile tablet device for receiving a scanned barcode; activating said MSR operation causing said EEPROM to communicate with said mobile tablet device, launching said application software to ready said mobile tablet device for receiving customer payment card data; said application communicating with said corporate ERP system to obtain detailed information for daily inventory management purposes for such tasks as physical inventory, cycle counting, inventory receiving, store to store transfers, return to vendor and product re-ticketing; said application software communicating with said POS store systems server to obtain detailed information of a product scanned, its inventory, selling price, electronic and physical coupons, promotions and customer loyalty data and rewards available, and displaying product data on a display screen of said mobile tablet device; said employee of the store communicating item description, price and promotion data to the customer by scanning the product's barcode; said customer deciding to purchase the product and the employee accessing a purchase routine of said application software, entering customer name, address and e-mail address if not already in customer loyalty database and swiping a customer payment card through USB MSR input device communicating formatted customer data securely to said POS store systems server and PCI (payment card industry) certified bank card processing network; said POS store systems server contacting said PCI certified bank card processing network, that in turn, authorizes said purchase and communicates to the mobile tablet device that the customer has purchased the scanned product; said corporate ERP system adjusting an allocation of said product sold, visible across a store chain that the store belongs to, said mobile tablet device communicating to the POS store systems server to send a receipt to the e-mail address of the customer or printing a hard copy of the transaction on a central printer of the store; said mobile tablet device being operative, in the event that said authorization is denied, to inform the employee of this credit denial on the mobile tablet device display and alternate payment requested, so that said customer is informed; whereby the customer purchases a product from any retail store employee having a wearable mobile scanner system receiving full product details, price, electronic and physical coupons, promotions, customer loyalty data and rewards and charges the purchase without having the need to bring the product to a central check out station and waiting in queue to check out. |
