Abstract: A method for extracting revenue information from a Point of Sale terminal for purposes of revenue sharing includes the step of examining data traffic in a conventional Point of Sale operating system. This operates in the background and allows extraction of select data relating to revenue traffic in a rental system. Data stored in a video buffer (54) is examined and, upon a predetermined transaction completion event then occurring, this data is extracted and stored in a separate capture file. This capture file is utilized to generate a revenue sharing data base, which is transferred to a remote revenue sharing transaction system. The transaction completion event is a keystroke that indicates completion of a transaction at the Point of Sale terminal.

Abstract: A method and system for extracting revenue information from a point-of-sale (POS) terminal for purposes of revenue sharing including the step of periodically selecting and extracting predetermined portions of revenue transaction data in a proprietary database. This system allows extrapolation of select data relating to revenue traffic in a rental system. Revenue stored in a proprietary database (40) by a proprietary point-of-sale operating program is periodically selected, extracted and stored in a periodic database (42). This data is compared to a history database (38) comprising the periodic database as it existed prior to a given time. The data is output from the periodic database that is not present in the history database at the given time. This data can be transmitted to a remote location.