System, method, and apparatus to facilitate commerce and sales

Abstract

A system and method for conducting commerce and sales operations is disclosed. A sales representative identifies a customer, chooses a product, and completes a sales transaction using a front-end POS software application. The sales data is transferred to a central storage server, where a master database is created with the data from the front-end POS software application. The central storage server transmits and receives data from back-end corporate servers and databases and creates a master database containing data from corporate applications. The front-end POS software devices uses a holster that includes a docking station, sliding cradle for a mobile device, a card reader, and an infrared scanner to identify products and complete payment.

1 - 12 . (canceled) 
     
     
         13 . A method for conducting commerce and sales operations comprising:
 initiating a front-end software application;   logging in to a session;   identifying a customer;   selecting a product for the customer;   tendering and completing a transaction;   logging out of the session;   initiating synchronization between the front-end software application and a central software application;   completing a reconciliation between sales revenue and sales records;   creating and inputting master data to a central storage server; and   managing the master data within the central storage server.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein managing the master data comprises synchronizing the central storage server with a corporate application server and a corporate database wherein the master data is transferred from the central storage server to the corporate database, and the corporate application server transfers data to the central storage server. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the master data comprises one or more of customer data, product data, store data, user data, sales data, stock and inventory data, currencies data, type of payment data, tax data, and language data. 
     
     
         16 . (canceled)