Merchant/customer POS interaction system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11650630-B2
Application number	US-202117234527-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 19, 2021
Priority date	Dec 27, 2013
Publication date	May 16, 2023
Grant date	May 16, 2023

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing merchant/customer interaction include determining that a tablet computer is in a merchant orientation, retrieving merchant product information according to a received instruction and merchant orientation information, and displaying a merchant screen on the tablet computer that includes the merchant product information according to the merchant orientation information. A change in the orientation of the tablet computer enclosure/stand is then detected from the merchant orientation to a customer orientation. In response, the merchant screen is transitioned on the tablet computer display to a customer screen as the tablet computer enclosure/stand changes orientations by moving the merchant screen and the customer screen linearly while in a stacked orientation. The customer screen includes the merchant product information displayed according to customer orientation information such that the merchant product information is displayed differently on the customer screen relative to the merchant screen.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a mobile computer chassis;
an orientation determination device housed in the mobile computer chassis;
a display device located on the mobile computer chassis; and
one or more hardware processors housed in the mobile computer chassis and coupled to the orientation determination device and the display device, wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured to execute stored instructions to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
in association with a determination to display information about a purchase, detecting, using the orientation determination device, a first orientation of the mobile computer chassis;
providing, for display on the display device and based on the first orientation, the information about the purchase as first orientation purchase information that includes text that identifies at least a first detail related to an item in the purchase;
detecting, using the orientation determination device, a change in an orientation of the mobile computer chassis from the first orientation to a second orientation; and
providing, on the display device and in response to detecting the change in the orientation of the mobile computer chassis from the first orientation to the second orientation, the information about the purchase as second orientation purchase information that includes at least a second detail for the purchase that was not included in the first orientation purchase information, and without at least a portion of the text that identifies at least the first detail related to the item in the purchase.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
retrieving the text that identifies at least the first detail about the purchase from a database associated with the system.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the database is a local database connected to the system.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
retrieving the second orientation purchase information from a database associated with the system.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the database is a local database connected to the system.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
presenting the second orientation purchase information in a larger visual format than a format for the first purchase orientation information.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
subsequent to display of the second orientation purchase information, detecting that a user has performed a user interaction with the system to complete the purchase; and
causing completion of the purchase based on the user interaction.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the user interaction comprises a touchscreen press.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the user interaction comprises a touchscreen press while the second orientation purchase information is being displayed.

10. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a base stand including a mounting mechanism for the mobile computer chassis,
wherein the mobile computer chassis is detachable from the mounting mechanism and still configured to be usable to complete the purchase.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein detecting the change in an orientation of the mobile computer chassis from the first orientation to a second orientation includes detecting that the mobile computer chassis has transitioned from the first orientation to an intermediate orientation.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a system having a memory and a processor to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
in association with a determination to display information about a purchase, detecting, using an orientation determination device, a first orientation of a mobile computer chassis;
displaying on a display device of the system and based on the first orientation, the information about the purchase as first orientation purchase information that includes information that identifies at least a first detail related to an item in the purchase;
detecting, using the orientation determination device, a change in an orientation of the mobile computer chassis from the first orientation to a second orientation; and
displaying on the display device and in response to detecting the change in the orientation of the mobile computer chassis from the first orientation to the second orientation, the information about the purchase as second orientation purchase information that includes at least a second detail for the purchase that was not included in the first orientation purchase information, and without at least a portion of the information that identifies at least the first detail related to the item in the purchase.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving the information that identifies at least the first detail about the purchase from a database associated with the system.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:
presenting the second orientation purchase information in a larger visual format than a format for the first purchase orientation information.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:
subsequent to display of the second orientation purchase information, detecting that a user has performed a user interaction with the system to complete the purchase; and
causing completion of the purchase based on the user interaction.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the user interaction comprises a touchscreen press while the second orientation purchase information is being displayed.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise accepting a payment identifier for the purchase via a checkout application installed on the system.

18. A method, comprising:
in association with a determination to display information about a purchase, detecting, using an orientation determination device of a system having a processor and a memory, a first orientation of a mobile computer chassis;
based on the first orientation, displaying information, on a display device of the system, about the purchase as first orientation purchase information that includes information that identifies at least a first detail related to an item in the purchase;
detecting, by the system using the orientation determination device, a change in an orientation of the mobile computer chassis from the first orientation to a second orientation; and
displaying on the display device and in response to detecting the change in the orientation of the mobile computer chassis from the first orientation to the second orientation, the information about the purchase as second orientation purchase information that includes at least a second detail for the purchase that was not included in the first orientation purchase information, and without at least a portion of the information that identifies at least the first detail related to the item in the purchase.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the first orientation purchase information includes a number of items in stock for the item in the purchase.

20. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:
subsequent to display of the second orientation purchase information, detecting that a user has performed a user interaction with the system to complete

Assignees

• Paypal Inc

Inventors

• Voege Michael
• Najafi Faran
• Schultz Egan
• Govindarajan Satish

Classifications

• G06F3/0487

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  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title

• G06Q30/0281

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• G06F3/0346

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