Square, Inc.

Eric Manago

Jesse Lee Dorogusker

Thomas Templeton

Dustin Moring

In some examples, disclosed methods and systems may configure using a proxy payment object a payment object reader to accept one or more payment objects. The method includes receiving, as an input from a merchant and in a specific manner, at least one object into a payment object reader communicatively coupled to a point-of-sale (POS) terminal. A portion of read-data is compared to a proxy payment object syntax. In response to obtaining a match between the read-data and the proxy payment object syntax with the read-data, the received object is determined to be a proxy payment object. A configuration component then generates a set of configuration instructions which when executed on the payment object reader and/or the POS terminal configures the payment object reader to accept one or more payment objects towards a payment transaction.

Configuration of a payment object reader

A package for mailing of a light-weight product includes a compressible body and a sheet that is less compressible than the body. A front face of the body has a cutout shaped to receive the product. The sheet has a planar first panel and a planar second panel. An inside face of the first panel is secured to a back face of the compressible body. The second panel is foldably connected to a first edge of the first panel and movable between a folded configuration in which the second panel covers the front face of the compressible body and an unfolded configuration in which the front face of the compressible body is uncovered and an inside face of the second panel is exposed. The sheet does not cover the top face and the bottom face of the compressible body.

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Eric Manago