Patent ID: 11928951
Assignee: NATIONAL RETAIL SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A point-of-sale terminal comprising:
a touchscreen;
a computer processor; and
a non-transitory computer memory, wherein the non-transitory computer memory stores computer instructions for controlling the computer processor to perform the steps of:
wirelessly receiving information from at least one sensor external to the point-of-sale terminal that indicates that the at least one sensor has sensed a measurable parameter that is outside of a threshold range, wherein the at least one sensor is selected from the group consisting of (1) a pressure sensor, (2) a switch, (3) a water sensor, (4) a strain gauge, (5) a temperature sensor, (6) an acoustic sensor, and (7) a level sensor;
establishing, by the point-of-sale terminal, at least one communication channel with at least one third-party based on the indication that the at least one sensor has sensed the measurable parameter that is outside of the threshold range; and
sending to the at least one third party at least one communication relating to the at least one sensor indicating that the at least one sensor has sensed the measurable parameter that is outside of the threshold range.