Patent №
US 10,366,381
Granted
2019-07-30
Filed 2016
Owner
SQUARE, INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
15331594
Techniques are disclosed for enabling more efficient tipping by providing a merchant the ability to reduce the time used on manually entering tip amounts. In one embodiment, a method includes automatically generating, by a point-of-sale (POS) system, a transaction receipt that indicates a plurality of selectable tip options, wherein said automatically generating the transaction receipt is based on one or more rules specified by a user of the POS system. The method further includes causing the transaction receipt to be printed as a printed receipt. The method further includes identifying, by the POS system, a one of the plurality of selectable tip options specified by a customer on the printed receipt. Among other benefits, the disclosed techniques reduce the time and effort the merchant needs to spend on collating the tipping at end of the business day.
AI classification
Ownership
SQUARE, INC.
assignment · 488650653
Assignors
BELL, BRUCE, WILSON, MATTHEW, KNIGHT, GERARD
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.