Patent ID: 8856033
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G07G

Abstract:
1. A mobile scanner gun system for processing a retail store point of sale (POS) transaction, comprising: a) a main body portion extending toward a handle portion, said main body portion having a base, side walls, a top wall, a front wall and a back wall constructed to form an interior cavity, wherein said front wall includes an aperture with a lens recessed therein; b) said front wall having a trigger member located near said base of said main body; c) a Universal Serial Bus (USB) scanner input device mounted above and in front of said trigger, said scanner input device having two drivers, including 1) a native device driver and 2) a keyboard input driver, said scanner input device being in communication with said trigger for initiating a scan of a barcode; d) a USB Magnetic Strip Reader (MSR) input device for carrying out and processing sales transaction is located on an upper receiver alongside a short edge of a mobile tablet device and directly above a scanner, said MSR being end to end encrypted through to a bank card authorization processor for Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance requirements; e) said top wall of said main body portion having a rotating attachment means comprising a base mount universal receiver with rotational coupling means adapted to interchangeably mount the mobile tablet device on said top wall through a specialized universal serial bus wiring harness and communicate with the mobile tablet device, the mobile tablet device having a system integrated therein that enables store level real-time inventory management and a fully functioning POS capability for selling merchandise in a retail sales environment, said universal receiver and specialized universal serial bus wiring harness with the mobile tablet device being removable from said top wall of said main body portion and adapted to be readily docked in different base housings including portable housings and fixed docked workstation housings thereby providing portability and interchangeability; f) said base mount universal receiver with rotational coupling means comprises a rotating member for conversion of said mobile tablet device from portrait mode to landscape mode without operational delay of said system.