Merchant/customer POS interaction system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9568955-B2
Application number	US-201414558428-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2014
Priority date	Dec 27, 2013
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

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 tablet computer system, comprising:
a tablet computer chassis;
an orientation determination device housed in the tablet computer chassis;
a display device located on the tablet computer chassis;
a non-transitory memory housed in the tablet computer chassis that stores first orientation rules and second orientation rules; and
one or more hardware processors housed in the tablet computer chassis and coupled to the orientation determination device, the display device, and the non-transitory memory, wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured to execute instructions to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving an instruction to display product information;
retrieving first orientation data from the orientation determination device;
determining that the first orientation data corresponds to a first orientation associated with the first orientation rules;
retrieving the product information and providing the product information for display on the display device as first orientation product information according to the first orientation rules such that the first orientation product information is displayed using text that identifies at least one product associated with the product information;
retrieving second orientation data from the orientation determination device that is different from the first orientation data;
determining the second orientation data corresponds to a second orientation associated with the second orientation rules;
removing, according to the second orientation rules, at least a portion of the text from the first orientation product information that identifies the at least one product associated with the product information to provide second orientation product information; and
providing the second orientation product information for display on the display device according to the second orientation rules such that the second orientation product information is displayed using at least one image corresponding to each of the at least one product associated with the product information and without at least the portion of the text that was removed from the first orientation product information.

2. The tablet computer system of claim 1 , wherein the first orientation data and the second orientation data comprise information about an angle of the display device relative to a support surface.

3. The tablet computer system of claim 1 , wherein the second orientation product information is provided for display on the display device according to the second orientation rules such that the second orientation product information is displayed using a respective image corresponding to each of a plurality of products associated with the product information, and wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving a selection of a first image corresponding to a first product of the plurality of products; and
removing, in response to receiving the selection of the first image corresponding to the first product, the first image from display on the display device.

4. The tablet computer system of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise:
enlarging, in response to removing the first image from display on the display device, at least one second image that corresponds to at least one second product of the plurality of products that is provided for display on the display device.

5. The tablet computer system of claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory memory stores third orientation rules, and wherein the operations further comprise:
retrieving third orientation data from the orientation determination device that is different from the first orientation data and the second orientation data;
determining that the third orientation data corresponds to a third orientation associated with the third orientation rules; and
displaying a third orientation screen according to the third orientation rules.

6. The tablet computer system of claim 1 , wherein the second orientation product information is provided for display on the display device according to the second orientation rules such that the second orientation product information is displayed using a respective image corresponding to each of a plurality of products associated with the product information, and wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving a selection of a first image corresponding to a first product of the plurality of products;
retrieving third orientation data from the orientation determination device subsequent to receiving the selection of the first image;
determining that the third orientation data corresponds to the first orientation associated with the first orientation rules; and
providing the first orientation product information associated with the first product for display on the display device according to the first orientation rules, wherein the providing the first orientation product information associated with the first product according to the first orientation rules results in a display of at least some information that is not displayed when the first image corresponding to the first product is provided according to the second orientation rules.

7. The tablet computer system of claim 6 , wherein the providing the first orientation product information associated with the first product for display on the display device according to the first orientation rules includes:
retrieving a map;
determining a relative location of the first product relative to the map; and
providing the map including an indicator of the relative location of the first product for display on the display device.

8. A method for displaying product information, comprising:
receiving, by a processing system from an input device, an instruction to display product information;
detecting, by the processing system using an orientation detection device, a first orientation;
retrieving, by the processing system in response to the detecting the first orientation, first orientation instructions from a database;
providing, by the processing system for display on a display device, the product information as first orientation product information according to the first orientation instructions such that the first orientation product information is displayed using text that identifies at least one product associated with the product information;
detecting, by the processing system using the orientation detection device, a second orientation that is different from the first orientation;
retrieving, by the processing system in response to the detecting the second orientation, second orientation instructions from the database;
removing, by the processing system according to the second orientation instructions, at least a portion of the text from the first orientation product information that identifies the at least one product in the product information to provide second orientation product information; and
providing, by the processing system for display on the display device, the second orientation product information according to the second orientation instructions such that the second orientation product information is displayed using at least one image corresponding to each of the at least one product associated with the product information and without at least the portion of the text that was removed from the first orientation product information.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first orientation instructions and the second orientation instructions provide instructions for displaying the product information according to a relative direction the display device is facing.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second orientation product information is provided for display on the dis

Assignees

• Paypal Inc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H04M1/04

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• G07G1/12

  electronically operated · CPC title

• G07G1/01

  Details for indicating · CPC title

• G06F1/1686

  the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera · CPC title

• G06F3/0346

  with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a three-dimensional [3D] space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors · CPC title