| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus for communications between a point of sale payment terminal and an e-commerce server is disclosed. A point of sale payment terminal is disclosed having a modem and coupled to a telephone line. An e-commerce server coupled to the Internet is disclosed, which is adapted to receive and store order information from customers who connect to the e-commerce server via the Internet. A gateway coupled to the e-commerce server is also disclosed. The gateway has an interface to a telephone line. The gateway has a terminal server adapted to communicate with the point of sale payment terminal when a communication path is established between the point of sale payment terminal and the gateway over a telephone line. The gateway has a browser emulator adapted to communicate with the e-commerce server. The gateway is operative to translate select communications from the point of sale payment terminal into a format compatible with the e-commerce server, and the gateway is operative to translate select communications from the e-commerce server into a format compatible with the point of sale payment terminal. In accordance with the present invention, the point of sale payment terminal may access customer order information on the e-commerce server and may supply customer order fulfillment information to the e-commerce server.
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