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Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2018
Applicant:

Toast, Inc., Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Ronald Vick, Morton Grove, IL (US);

Steven P. Papa, Windham, NH (US);

Assignee:

Toast, Inc., Boston, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/208 (2013.01); G06Q 20/202 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A POS terminal includes wired communication elements, a state processor, an order processor, and a television whitespace (TVWS) communications element. The wired communication elements couple the fixed POS terminal to a network. The state processor queue state changes in one or more order queues that correspond to one or more orders in a restaurant. The order processor generates the state changes, and accesses and transmits the state changes in each one of the one or more order queues to a backend server, where the order processor comprises current order state fields corresponding to all of the orders. The television whitespace (TVWS) communications element enables the fixed POS terminal to communicate over a White-Fi network within the restaurant, where the fixed POS terminal operates as a White-Fi access point for one or more mobile POS terminals operating in a White-Fi mode within the restaurant.


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