Point of sale device with cradle for mobile computing device
US10810570B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 2019 |
| Grant date | Oct 20, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K7/10267
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A point of sale (POS) device includes a nest portion and a cradle portion. The nest portion includes one or more payment card or near field communication (NFC) readers. The cradle portion couples to differently-sized interchangeable frames, which in turn help secure a mobile computing device to the cradle portion of the POS device. The mobile computing device is connected via a connector to the rest of the POS device. Payment card information read by the readers is conveyed to the mobile computing device over the connector for processing. The POS device may also include tamper detection circuitry.
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