Temporarily provisioning functionality in a multi-device point-of-sale system

US11308472B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Block, Inc. · US

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: Apr 19, 2022
• Expiry date: Jul 4, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07G1/01
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Temporarily provisioning functionality to a personal device in a multi-device point-of-sale (POS) system is described. In an example, a personal device can be determined to be within a range of a POS system of a merchant. The POS system can include a merchant-facing device and a customer-facing device that is coupled to the merchant-facing device. Functionality can be provisioned to the personal device that (i) configures the personal device to present a customer user interface (UI) via a display of the personal device to enable a customer operating the personal device to interact with the merchant and (ii) enables the personal device to interact with at least one of the merchant-facing device or the customer-facing device. Responsive to determining an occurrence of an event, the functionality can be de-provisioned from the personal device.