Decoding systems with a decoding engine running on a mobile device with a touch screen

US8573489B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• INC SQUARE, CO., LTD · JP

Inventors

• Jack Dorsey · San Francisco, US
• William Henderson · San Francisco, US
• Brian Grassadonia · San Francisco, US
• James M. McKelvey · Miami, US
• Xuancong Wen · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 2013
• Grant date: Nov 5, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F7/0886
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A decoding system has a decoding engine running on a mobile device. The decoding engine decodes signals produced from a read of a first party's financial transaction card. The decoding engine accepts and initializes incoming signals from a read of the first party's financial transaction card. A transaction engine runs on the mobile device and is coupled to the decoding engine. The transaction engine receives as its input decoded first party's financial transaction card information from the decoding engine. A user interaction engine is configured to utilize a touch screen of the mobile device. A first party or second party can input at least one of numbers, characters, and signatures by touching the touch screen.