Patent ID: 8965791
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06Q,G07F,G07G

Abstract:
1. A point-of-sale system having a processor and comprising: a tipping preference module configured to cause the processor to (a) consolidate one or more rules into an algorithm that controls how each of a plurality of selectable tip options for a transaction is to be calculated, each selectable tip option representing a different tip amount, and (b) enable a user to configure the one or more rules so as to adjust the algorithm; a tip calculation module configured to cause the processor to calculate, according to the algorithm, the plurality of selectable tip options for inclusion in a section of a transaction receipt for a transaction; and a receipt generation module configured to cause the processor to generate the transaction receipt with the section on the transaction receipt, wherein the section includes indications showing what a total after-tip amount will be in each tip option so that a customer can approve both the tip amount and the total after-tip amount corresponding to one option using a single selection, wherein the rules include a condition related to a predetermined transaction amount, and wherein the tipping preference module is further configured to, in determining the algorithm: