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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2020
Toast, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Benjamin Gordon, Scituate, MA (US);
Lori R. Tavis, Boston, MA (US);
Toast, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for transaction handoff includes: registering a payment instrument with a server, associating the payment instrument with indirect tokens, and storing a payment token that associates the indirect tokens with the payment instrument and a device identifier in a database record; via a device, receiving an indirect token from the server; via a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, entering the indirect token, and transmitting indirect token via the internet cloud to the server; via the server, using the payment token to access the device identifier and transmitting a push notification; upon acceptance of the push notification, executing an application on the device and simultaneously displaying transaction details on both the device and POS terminal; receiving completion data that is entered via the device and transmitting the completion data to the server; and completing the transaction at the server and notifying the POS terminal and the device that the transaction is complete.