Patent ID: 8355960
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for tracking status of an inventory shipment sent to a recipient, the method comprising: monitoring whether the recipient has transmitted, via a point of sale transaction terminal configured to print financial documents and respond to a status of shipment request sent to the point of sale transaction terminal, an electronic acknowledgment of the status of the shipment to a host computer in communication with the point of sale transaction terminal; automatically transmitting a message to the point of sale transaction terminal of the recipient requesting acknowledgment of receipt of inventory if the electronic acknowledgment is not transmitted by the point of sale transaction terminal of the recipient within a first predetermined amount of time, and at least partially disabling operation of the point of sale transaction terminal if the point of sale transaction terminal does not print the message or the recipient does not respond to the message within a second, predetermined amount of time, wherein the prior operations are performed by at least one host computer, and wherein during a period when the point of sale transaction terminal is at least partially disabled, the point of sale transaction terminal remains capable of receiving another message from the at least one host computer.