Mobile payment terminal comprising an embedded unlocking function

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10943221-B2
Application number	US-201515519395-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 16, 2015
Priority date	Oct 17, 2014
Publication date	Mar 9, 2021
Grant date	Mar 9, 2021

Abstract

A mobile electronic payment terminal includes a reversible fixed attachment to a support. The electronic payment terminal also includes a command module, which commands unlocking of the reversible fixed attachment enabling the mobile electronic payment terminal to be detached from the support.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile electronic payment terminal comprising:
a plurality of adjoining surfaces, including at least a front surface, a rear surface and side surfaces, that together define an interior of the mobile electronic payment terminal;
a display screen on one of the plurality of adjoined surfaces;
a plurality of keys on one of the plurality of adjoined surfaces;
a card opening on one of the plurality of adjoining surfaces to receive a smart card;
a reversible fixed attachment on at least one of the plurality of adjoining surfaces, which cooperates with at least one locking element borne by a support; and
a command module, which commands unlocking of the reversible fixed attachment, said command module shifting said reversible fixed attachment between locking and unlocking positions so as to detach said mobile electronic payment terminal from said support, said command module comprising an electromechanical actuator positioned in the interior of said mobile electronic payment terminal and inaccessible from an exterior of said mobile electronic payment terminal.

2. The mobile electronic payment terminal according to claim 1 , wherein said reversible fixed attachment cooperates automatically with the at least one locking element borne by said support when said mobile electronic payment terminal is fixedly attached to said support.

3. The mobile electronic payment terminal according to claim 2 , wherein said reversible fixed attachment and said at least one locking element borne by said support are configured to form a system for magnetic locking of said mobile electronic payment terminal to said support.

4. The mobile electronic payment terminal according to claim 2 , wherein said reversible fixed attachment comprises a housing and a movable strip cooperating with a static bolt formed by said at least one locking element borne by said support so as to lock said mobile electronic payment terminal to said support.

5. The mobile electronic payment terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the reversible fixed attachment includes at least one aperture made on at least one of the plurality of adjoining surfaces of said mobile electronic payment terminal, said at least one aperture cooperating with at least one movable lug formed by said at least one locking element borne by said support so as to lock said mobile electronic payment terminal to said support.

6. The mobile electronic payment terminal according to claim 5 , wherein said command module drives said at least one movable lug between at least one deployed position in which said mobile electronic payment terminal is locked to said support and one retracted position in which said mobile electronic payment terminal can be withdrawn from said support.

7. The mobile electronic payment terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the said command module is configured to enable withdrawal of said electronic payment terminal from said support when at least one pre-determined criterion relating to a defect in the mobile electronic payment terminal is detected.

8. A mobile electronic system, which comprises:
a support comprising at least one locking element; and
a mobile electronic payment terminal comprising:
a plurality of adjoined surfaces, including at least a front surface, a rear surface and side surfaces, that together define an interior of the mobile electronic payment terminal;
a display screen on one of the plurality of adjoined surfaces;
a plurality of keys on one of the plurality of adjoined surfaces;
a card opening on one of the plurality of adjoining surfaces to receive a smart card;
a reversible fixed attachment on at least one of the plurality of adjoining surfaces, which cooperates with the at least one locking element of the support; and
a command module, which commands unlocking of the reversible fixed attachment, said command module shifting said reversible fixed attachment between locking and unlocking positions so as to detach said mobile electronic payment terminal from said support, said command module comprising an electromechanical actuator positioned in the interior of said mobile electronic payment terminal and inaccessible from an exterior of said mobile electronic payment terminal.

9. A method for unlocking a mobile electronic payment terminal, implemented by said mobile electronic payment terminal and comprising:
attaching the mobile electronic payment terminal to a support with a reversible fixed attachment, the mobile electronic payment terminal comprising:
a plurality of adjoined surfaces, including at least a front surface, a rear surface and side surfaces, that together define an interior of the mobile electronic payment terminal;
a display screen on one of the plurality of adjoined surfaces;
a plurality of keys on one of the plurality of adjoined surfaces;
a card opening on one of the plurality of adjoining surfaces to receive a smart card;
a reversible fixed attachment on at least one of the plurality of adjoining surfaces, which cooperates with at least one locking element borne by the support; and

operating a command module by the mobile electronic payment terminal, the command module comprising an electromechanical actuator internal to said mobile electronic payment terminal to command unlocking of the reversible fixed attachment of said mobile electronic payment terminal, enabling said mobile electronic payment terminal to be detached from the support, said command module shifting said reversible fixed attachment between locking and unlocking positions so as to detach said mobile electronic payment terminal from said support, wherein electromechanical actuator is positioned in the interior of said mobile electronic payment terminal and is inaccessible from an exterior of said mobile electronic payment terminal.

Assignees

• Ingenico Group

Inventors

• Pignal Pierre

Classifications

• G06Q20/206 Primary

  comprising security or operator identification provisions, e.g. password entry · CPC title

• E05B2073/0088

  being lockable or unlockable by means of the office machine itself, e.g. by its keyboard · CPC title

• G07G1/0018

  Constructional details, e.g. of drawer, printing means, input means · CPC title

• G07F7/0886

  the card reader being portable for interacting with a POS or ECR in realizing a payment transaction · CPC title

• G06Q20/322

  Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices] · CPC title