Patent ID: 9171300
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G06Q,G07F,G07G,H04L

Abstract:
1. A small market kiosk system for selling articles for disposition at a location where substantially all users are members of or affiliated with an organization such that users are trusted to shop and checkout with substantially no supervision by the market administrator, comprising: (a) at least one display for storing and displaying articles for sale, wherein the display comprises a plurality of display members that are disposed within a predetermined building and are accessible to users with substantially no supervision by the administrator, and wherein there are no locks on any display member; (b) a kiosk disposed adjacent to the display for checking out articles which are purchased by a user from the display, wherein the kiosk comprises a touch screen interface, a bar code scanner, an electronic card reader, a cash deposit mechanism, and a bagging station; (c) a control server communicatively connected to the control server via the Internet, and a web interface communicatively connectible to the control server and the kiosk via the Internet, and wherein a user, a site administrator and a system administrator can access the control server via the Internet to establish, view and edit user, site administrator, and system administrator accounts stored at the control server associated with the market, the user having control over a set of user account management tools, the site administrator having control over the set of user account management tools and a set of site administrator account management tools, and the system administrator having control over the set of user account management tools, the set of site administrator account management tools and a set of system administrator account management tools; (d) wherein the control server comprises a master application server for DNS and data transfer communicatively connectible to at least one database server; (e) wherein: (f) at least one mobile device app for purchasing articles from the display, and wherein the site administrator management tools further include a mobile device management tool.