Pairing a payment object reader with a point-of-sale terminal

US11481750B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Block, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael Wells White · San Francisco, US
• Afshin Rezayee · King City, CA
• Bruce Bell · New York, US
• Malcolm Smith · Toronto, CA
• Sergei Mosends · Ontario, US
• Andrew John Leiserson · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 15, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 11, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07G1/12
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In some examples, a system and method for pairing a payment object reader with a point-of-sale (POS) terminal is described herein. The payment object reader includes one or more light indicators configured to display information in an optical pattern of one or more colors, brightness, lightness, and intensities, wherein the light indicators display a first optical pattern representative of an operational status of the payment object reader in a first mode, and a second optical pattern representative of a pairing code in a second mode. A display control component, executed by a processor, is configured to control the light indicators in accordance with the pairing code to generate the second optical pattern, the second optical pattern when shared with the POS terminal enables pairing between the payment object reader and the POS terminal. When paired, the payment object reader allows the POS terminal to accept payments from a customer.