Card reader
US-D766901-S · Sep 20, 2016 · US
Wireless card reader with contactless and contact card interfaces
US9507972B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9507972-B2 |
| Application number | US-201514709375-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | May 11, 2015 |
| Priority date | Jul 2, 2012 |
| Publication date | Nov 29, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 2016 |
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Methods, systems, and apparatus, for a payment card reader comprising: a frame, where the frame includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface, a second side surface of the side surfaces on an opposite side of the frame from the first side surface, the first side surface including a groove configured to receive a swipe of a magnetic stripe card, the second side surface including a slot configured to receive insertion of a chip card; a magnetic stripe reader interface; a chip card reader interface; circuitry configured to direct signals from the magnetic stripe reader interface and the chip card reader interface to a microcontroller in the card reader; and circuitry configured to communicate wirelessly between the card reader and a computing device.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A point of sale system comprising a merchant portable communications device and a battery operated payment object reader, which together operate to receive payment object information at the battery operated payment object reader, to transmit the payment object information to the merchant portable communications, and to transmit the payment object information to a payment processing service: the merchant portable communications device including: a firs…
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- What does patent US9507972B2 cover?
- Methods, systems, and apparatus, for a payment card reader comprising: a frame, where the frame includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface, a second side surface of the side surfaces on an opposite side of the frame from the first side surface, the first side surface including a groove configured to receive a swipe of a magnetic stripe card, the se…
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- Square Inc
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification G06F1/3215. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Nov 29 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 11 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).