Patent ID: 7051091

Claim:
A method, tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium, to configure selected point-of-sale terminals and a management center controlling said selected point-of-sale (POS) terminals as well as non-selected point of sale (POS) terminals, the method comprising: employing a configuration builder to create first and second linked files; utilizing said first file by an application generator to create an application, wherein said application is not used for the non-selected point-of-sale terminals; supplying said second file by the configuration builder to said management center; utilizing said second file by a parameter structure generator to define a parameter structure which is adapted to said application and linked thereto; supplying said application to said management center; operating said management center, to select said application for said selected point-of-sale terminals and to associate said parameter structure with said selected point of sale terminals; employing said parameter structure for setting parameter values suitable to both said selected application and said selected point-of-sale terminals; automatically employing said parameter structure by said management center to configure an operator interface in said management center; and supplying said application and said parameter values to said selected point of sale terminals, wherein said management center automatically reflects changes made by a software programmer in said selected application using said configuration builder in said parameter structure stored in at least one database.