Beacon POS Payments With Pre-Authorized Mobile Checkout
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional point-of-sale systems require direct customer interaction with tangible forms of payment, leading to inefficiencies and long lines during busy times, especially in retail environments like gas stations.
Innovation Solution
Implementing beacons and cloud technology in POS systems to enable communication with mobile devices for seamless payment transactions without user interaction, allowing mobile devices to transmit payment information and product data autonomously.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional point-of-sale systems require direct customer interaction with tangible forms of payment, then payment authorization can be confirmed, but transaction processing time increases and operational throughput decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-registering payment methods and authorizing payment limits in advance through the mobile application. When a customer approaches the POS system, the beacon automatically retrieves pre-approved payment information without requiring real-time interaction, thus confirming payment authorization while maintaining high transaction speed and operational throughput.
2Reliability
If traditional point-of-sale systems require customer interaction to enter payment information, then payment security can be verified, but wait time during busy periods increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by enabling the mobile device to autonomously communicate with the POS system via beacon technology. The pre-configured payment information is automatically transmitted and processed without requiring customer interaction at the point of sale, thereby verifying payment security through pre-authentication while eliminating customer wait time during busy periods.
3Productivity
If beacons and cloud technology are implemented for autonomous payment transmission, then transaction efficiency increases and wait times reduce, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces a cloud-based intermediary layer that manages the complexity of beacon communication and payment processing. The cloud infrastructure handles data synchronization, security verification, and transaction coordination between mobile devices and POS systems, thereby enabling autonomous payment transmission and high transaction efficiency while containing system complexity within the cloud infrastructure rather than at the point of sale.
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AI summary
Disclosed herein are systems and method comprising: transmitting, by a point-of-sale system, a beacon identifier receivable by a mobile device; and receiving, by the point-of-sale system and without interaction by a user of the mobile device, payment information associated with the user, the payment information authorizing payment for the product. Further disclosed are systems and methods comprising: receiving, at a mobile device, a beacon identifier from a point-of-sale system, the beacon identifier associated with a product; and transmitting, by the mobile device and without interaction by a user of the mobile device, payment information associated with the user, the payment information authorizing payment for the product.