Method and system for providing multiple services via a point-of-sale portal architecture
CA 2478863 A1 · Owner: Visa International Service Association · Inventors: Redmond, Eric; Huang, Jean; Heisinger, Pete
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A secure point-of-sale (POS) portal architecture for delivering multiple services. Various parties offering a number of services (12) are integrated. The parties offering the services (14) include payment processors merchant , acquirers, and other service providers (31). The integrated services are offered to merchant and/or their respective customers via POS devices (16) at the merchant locations. The integrated services include acceptance of multiple payment instruments, payment processing sales promotion, customer support, loyalty programs back office processing, receipt capture employee training, risk management, dispute resolution system security and system , administration. The …
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