Patent ID: 8849705

Claim:
A method for facilitating the use of wireless smart devices to purchase goods or services, the method comprising: at a retail location associated with a merchant that includes a point of sale terminal and a smart poster that advertises a good or service: initiating a purchase transaction of the good or service by interfacing a wireless smart device with the smart poster using near field communications (NFC), wherein the wireless smart device receives an identification number from the smart poster via the NFC, wherein the smart poster is located in an area of the retail location that is accessible by a potential purchaser of the good or service; directing, using a mechanism in or on the smart poster, the wireless smart device to utilize the identification number obtained from the smart poster to access a section of the merchant's website specific to the good or service in response to the wireless smart device interfacing with the smart poster; and conducting, via the wireless smart device, the purchase transaction of the good or service at the retail location in a manner that bypasses the point of sale terminal at the retail location, wherein conducting the purchase transaction includes providing electronic payment information that is pre-stored in the wireless smart device to an on-line purchasing system associated with the retail location.