Patent ID: 7774232
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A point of sale terminal device comprising: a transmitter, said transmitter configured for transmitting signals according to a predetermined wireless data transfer protocol, that is data that represents information content; a content file storage device operably coupled to the transmitter, said content file storage device storing at least a part of one file that represent at least one of: audio information and video information; a user-interface terminal on which information can be displayed to a user, and through which a user can select a file for transmission from the transmitter; a separate point of sale controller that functions to effectuate a sale of at least one of goods, services and commodities from ancillary sales devices so that sales of content are handled by a separate controller and its own associated program instructions; a processor, operably coupled to the transmitter, the user-interface terminal, and the content file storage device, the processor controlling content file sales, and one or more computer-readable non-transitory media, operably coupled to the processor, said one or more computer-readable non-transitory media storing program instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to: acquire information from the terminal that identifies a first content file to transmit from the transmitter; acquire a content file from the content file storage device; transfer the first content file from the content storage device to the transmitter; effectuate the transmission of the first content file from the transmitter to a receiver device according to a first wireless data transfer protocol; and wherein information received at the point of sale terminal device includes a MAC address to which a file is addressed for transmission, and wherein the MAC address is acquirable by an entry at the user interface terminal; and wherein the content file storage device has a list of content files available, of which at least one is selectable for transmission from the transmitter to the user-interface terminal, and wherein in addition to displaying content files that are available, information displayed in the user-interface terminal includes information pertinent to a user's purchase of goods, services or commodities from an ancillary sale device; wherein the content file storage device is centrally located and linked to the Internet, and wherein the centrally located content file storage device effects wireless content file distribution services to virtually any point of sale device that is capable of wireless file transfers and that has Internet access; and wherein the processor for controlling content file sales is a first processor, wherein the point of sale controller is a second processor to control an ancillary sales device, and wherein the first processor is separate from the second processor.