Seller's Point has the potential to save you time, money, and give you total business security.
But...How Does It Work?
There are three main components involved in using Seller's Point. It will be easiest to demonstrate how Seller's Point
works by looking at these. The three basic components are the point-of-sale system (or cash register), the
surveillance system (DVR), and the Seller's Point Server.
The point-of-sale system is the machine or system responsible for running transactions for customers, and also
occasionally other tasks such as clocking in and out for employees. Point-of-sale (POS) systems can range from
complex high quality systems running on a network with a back office server, to simple electronic cash registers that
are little more than some basic buttons and a cash drawer. In the end, the point-of-sale is where the transactions
occur, the money comes in, and the customers get served by the employees. The point-of-sale component passes on
transaction information to Seller's Point, which then records and allows searching of the data.
The surveillance system is the system that records video of everything that goes on in a store. Modern surveillance
systems are called DVRs (digital video recorder), which are machines that record video feeds from cameras onto
some form of digital media, usually a hard drive or DVD. A surveillance system will usually have its cameras trained on
the point-of-sale, as well as other important locations around a store. Seller's Point can use the DVR's video feeds to
playback transactions as they occurred.
Seller's Point Server is able to tie the point-of-sale and surveillance systems together. It receives transaction data
from the cash registers (point-of-sale), usually using either a serial or network connection, and then makes this data
searchable and reviewable. Seller's Point then links this data to video from the surveillance system. Seller's Point can
then allow a user to use the data from the POS system to find video of a specific transaction. Seller's Point will also
add the transaction data to the video. This allows a user to see exactly what is being entered in at the POS. Without
Seller's Point tying the transaction information to the video, it is impossible to tell what is happening at the POS in
normal surveillance.
The Seller's Point server can be located on any computer that is running Windows XP or better. It traditionally is
installed on the DVR or a PC-based register, but this is not necessary. The server receives information from the
points of sale either through a serial data connection or a network connection. 99% of existing point-of-sale systems
already support sending information through one of these methods. Seller's Point recieves video from the DVR via a
network connection.
A user will interact with Seller's Point through a Seller's Point Viewer. The Viewer is an application that can be installed
on any PC, or even be viewed as a web page. The Seller's Point Viewer can be used from any location, as long it can
create a connection to the SP server. The Viewer can be used to both search the transaction information and view
surveillance video