Point of sale (pos) docking station system and method for a mobile barcode scanner gun system with mobile tablet device or stand alone mobile tablet device

Abstract

A mobile scanner gun system processes a POS sale transaction and performs real-time daily store level inventory management. The system includes a main body portion extending toward a handle portion and forms an interior cavity and an aperture with a lens. A plurality of Universal Serial Bus (USB) mobile input devices are attached to the mobile scanner gun, including a barcode scanner and payment card input devices including a 'Magnetic Stripe Reader' (MSR) and a 'Europay, MasterCard and Visa' (EMV) reader, both with USB access to a PIN Entry Device (PED) and a “Near Field Communications” (NFC) reader through a specialized universal serial bus wiring harness. The specialized universal series bus wiring harness is adapted to be attached to and communicate with the mobile tablet device for communicating with a system integrated therein that enables store level real-time inventory management and a fully functioning POS capability for selling merchandise in a retail sales environment. A main Printed Circuit Board (PCB) having a previously programmed Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM) controlling all MSR, EMV or NFC operations through the corresponding payment card input devices of each. When a customer payment card is swiped through the MSR slot or dipped into EMV reader or tapped on the NFC reader for payment card processing, customer payment is processed through the proper secured bank card processing network.