Patent ID: 8606881

Claim:
A method for enabling a point-of-sale device to communicate with a wireless device, comprising the steps of: providing a computer network; providing a network connection between the computer network and the point-of-sale device; entering information relating to a transaction into the point-of-sale device; storing the information relating to the transaction at a location on the computer network; providing a wireless network configured to enable the wireless device to access the computer network; providing a bookmark beacon associated with the point-of-sale device that transmits a bookmark data packet, wherein the bookmark data packet includes a resource address that identifies the location on the computer network where the information relating to the transaction is stored; receiving the bookmark data packet on the wireless device; accessing the computer network with the wireless device, using the bookmark data packet received by the wireless device, wherein the computer network is accessed by the wireless device to transmit a transaction request for the transaction at the point-of-sale device; and in response to verification of the transaction by the computer network, providing a verification message to the point-of-sale device to complete the transaction, wherein the verification message is transmitted by the computer network to the wireless device and the wireless device transmits the verification message to the bookmark beacon associated with the point-of-sale device.