Patent ID: 8738450
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A payment terminal-implemented method for assisting a consumer using a consumer device during a transaction with a payment terminal disposed proximate a point of sale of a vendor, the method comprising: using a computer processor of the payment terminal to execute computer program code instructions stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium of the payment terminal, wherein the computer program code instructions are structured to cause the computer processor to: establish, using a communication device of the payment terminal, a connection between the consumer device and the payment terminal; receive a transaction process preference from the consumer device, the transaction process preference originating from consumer input provided to the consumer device in response to a request from the consumer device to the consumer for input regarding the consumer's preference regarding whether or not the consumer prefers an audible transaction process, the transaction process preference indicating the consumer's preference for transaction processing including the consumer's preference for the audible transaction process; determine when the transaction process preference comprises an audible transaction process preference corresponding to the consumer, the audible transaction process preference indicating to the payment terminal the consumer's preference for an audible transaction process rather than a traditional visual transaction process; initiate a communication, in response to determining the consumer's audible transaction process preference, using the communication device of the payment terminal, of transaction information between the payment terminal and the consumer device; and initiate production of an audible transaction information signal based at least in part on some or all of the transaction information, the audible transaction information signal configured to be used for producing sound waves audible to the consumer for assisting the consumer during the transaction as part of the audible transaction process.