Transaction interface control

US11880818B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Block, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Bruce Bell · New York, US
• Alexey Kalinichenko · San Francisco, US
• Logan Johnson · Green Valley, US
• Nicholas Dower · San Francisco, US
• Raymond Ryan · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 9, 2019
• Grant date: Jan 23, 2024
• Expiry date: Dec 9, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07G1/01
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Techniques and arrangements of a point-of-sale (POS) system including a transaction interface control mechanism configured to prevent simultaneous input by a merchant and a customer during a transaction. The POS system can include a merchant user interface (UI) presented on a merchant-facing display and a customer UI presented on a customer-facing display. In some instances, the merchant UI can be on a display of a merchant device, while the customer UI can be on a display of a customer device. In such instances, the merchant device and the customer device can be operably connected via a wired or wireless connection.