Patent ID: 11868983
Assignee: NCR VOYIX CORPORATION
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving, via a network, data from a mobile device of an authenticated customer, the data including data of items for purchase scanned by a camera or radio device of the mobile device;
storing the data of the scanned items for purchase in a cart data structure associated with an account of the authenticated customer;
receiving, via the network, data indicating the mobile device is located within a certain radius of a pay station, the radius determined based on a near field communication (NFC) device communication session established between the pay station and the customer mobile device;
causing based on the NFC device communication session enablement of a payment function within a mobile application that executes on the mobile device;
receiving, via the network, payment data from the mobile application to pay for items represented in the cart data structure based on enablement of the payment function;
generating receipt data including a payment received confirmation upon successfully processing a payment for items in the cart data structure and an itemized listing of purchased items;
transmitting, via the network and in response to the received payment data, a payment confirmation to the mobile device generated upon successfully processing a payment for items in the cart data structure and the receipt data, the payment confirmation presentable on a display of the mobile device to indicate to security personnel that the payment for all items represented in the cart data structure has been received, and wherein the cart data structure includes a plurality of items; and
instructing, via the network, the mobile device to relay an instruction to the pay station during a peer-to-peer connection between the mobile device and the pay station causing the pay station to output an audible sound indicating a total number of the purchased items to allow the security personnel to count the purchased items based on the total number of purchased items audibly outputted by the pay station;
wherein the receipt data includes a receipt image transmitted via a multi-media messaging service;
wherein the payment data includes an instruction received via the network from the customer mobile device to charge an amount due for the items in the cart data structure to a payment card associated in stored data with the account of the authenticated customer.