Patent · US Expired

Point of sale terminal including a socket for receiving a mobile device

US6991159B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 25, 2003
Grant dateJan 31, 2006
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07G1/12
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A point of sale terminal including point of sale transaction circuitry, and a socket for selectably receiving and supporting a mobile computing/communicating device and for permitting communication between the mobile computing/communicating device and the point of sale transaction circuitry. The point of sale transaction circuitry is operative both independently of and in cooperation with the mobile computing/communicating device.

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