Multi-state merchant-facing device

US11328279B2 · 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: May 10, 2022
• Expiry date: Nov 19, 2039

Classification

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

Abstract

Techniques associated with a dual state merchant-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 and can operate in a first state or a second state. In at least one example, the merchant-facing device operating in the first state can present a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display. The merchant-facing device can transition from the first state to the second state, the second state enabling the merchant-facing device to perform at least one additional functionality that is not available to the merchant-facing device in the first state, and can update the GUI based at least in part on the at least one additional functionality.