Multi-functionality customer-facing device

US10592886B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• INC SQUARE, CO., LTD · JP

Inventors

• Sara Sanchez-Llorens · San Francisco, US
• Todor Ristov · San Bruno, US
• Elise Hurwitz · Berkeley, US
• Arnaud Ponchon · Tiburon, US
• Evan Doyle · San Francisco, US
• Isreal Blagdan · Oakland, US
• Christine Lin · San Francisco, US
• Imran Khan · San Anselmo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2018
• Grant date: Mar 17, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/04886
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques associated with a multi-functionality customer-facing device are described herein. A point-of-sale system can comprise multiple devices, such as a customer-facing device and a merchant-facing device that is coupled to the customer-facing device. The customer-facing device is capable of operating in a first state or a second state. In at least one example, the customer-facing device can present a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display. The customer-facing device can transition from the first state to the second state. The second state can enable the customer-facing device to perform at least one additional functionality that is not available to the customer-facing device in the first state. The customer-facing device can receive, while in the second state, an input via the GUI and can send to the merchant-facing device, an indication of the input.