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1. A remote point-of-sale communication and payment system, comprising:
at least one application executable on a mobile computing device, wherein the at least one application is adapted to generate messages to selected remote point-of-sale computers, receive messages from the selected remote point-of-sale computers, and generate orders to transmit payment credentials to the selected remote point-of-sale computers; at least one remote server adapted to receive the messages from the at least one application and relay the messages to a cloud-based messaging system, the at least one remote server being further adapted to receive the messages from the selected remote point-of-sale computers through the cloud-based messaging system and relay the messages to the at least one application; and the at least one remote server being still further adapted to receive payment orders from the at least one application and transmit corresponding payment credentials to the selected point-of-sale computers as messages through the cloud-based messaging system; the cloud-based messaging system comprising: a plurality of networked computers defining an access layer operating on a predetermined platform, the access layer being adapted to receive messages from the at least one remote server and route the messages to predetermined point-of-sale computers, and the access layer being further adapted to receive messages from the predetermined point-of-sale computers and route the messages to the at least one application through the at least one remote server; and the at least one remote point-of-sale computer including a point-of-sale client executable on the at least one point-of-sale computer, the point-of-sale client being adapted to receive messages through the messaging system of the access layer, take actions in response to the messages received, and send messages through the messaging system of the access layer to the at least one application. |
