Shopify Inc.

Blackberry Corporation

Michael DeFazio

Silvana Zaldivar

Daanish Maan

Jason Tyler Griffin

Jerome Pasquero

David Ryan Walker

David Gervis Waddell

Peter Nitsch

Luke James Sartori

Gregory Moore

John Jong-Suk Lee

Shannon Tyler Moore

Colin Roberts

Jonathan Kim

David Grant Seal

Neil Leonard Padgett

Andrew Ferrier

Ryan Gerard Ebbers

Tomasz Debicki

Computer tablet caddy

A method for processing a transaction at a mobile includes: receiving a product identifier of a product; and creating or updating an electronic shopping cart based on the product identifier of the product; receiving a request for performing a transaction task; in response to the request for performing the transaction task, determining a state of the mobile POS device; when the state of the mobile POS device is determined to be unlocked: performing the transaction task; and when the state of the mobile POS device is determined to be locked: rejecting the request for performing the transaction task. Related systems and devices are also disclosed.

Systems and methods for mobile point-of-sale transactions

A method and computer system for detecting, utilizing at least one sensor associated with the computer system, an attempt to establish short-range communications between a device and a short-range communications module coupled to the computer system. The method and computer system further configured for determining that no short-range communication was received by the computer system via the short-range communications module and providing a signal to the device to enable a short-range communications transceiver at the device.

Method and system for active NFC payment device management

Systems and methods are provided for communicating information between card readers and mobile devices. The systems and methods include providing a physical communication connection from a card reader to a mobile device. With the mobile device, determining whether successful physical connection to the card reader has been established and determining whether a wireless connection has been established with the card reader. If a wireless communication connection has not been established with the card reader, establishing a wireless communication connection with the card reader and continuously monitoring whether the physical communication connection and the wireless communication connection with the card reader continues and communicating information between the card reader and the mobile device using both the connections as long as either continues. Further, only the wireless communication connection or the physical communication connection between the mobile device and the card device is utilized when the other communication connection is not available.

Smart redundant pairing of a card reader

A system and method unlock a passcode-secured device using force detection and haptic feedback. When prompted for a passcode, a user applies a press and hold gesture, applying continuous pressure force, to a surface of the device while receiving tactile feedback at the surface in the form of vibratory pulses. The vibratory pulses continue until the pressure force is released from the surface. The user counts the number of pulses sensed by tactile feedback at the surface until the desired number is obtained, then releases the pressure force from the surface, signaling that the pulse count should be entered as a passcode digit value. The process is repeated for each sequential passcode digit until a passcode is entered in the device. The device unlocks if the entered passcode matches a reference passcode in the device.

Method of passcode unlock using force detection

A method of providing access to an application from a portable electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting an event to provide a selectable option, identifying a selectable option associated with the event and providing the selectable options on a touch-sensitive display of the portable electronic device, and in response to detecting a touch associated with the selectable option on the touch-sensitive display and movement of a keyboard portion of the portable electronic device relative to the touch-sensitive display, performing a function associated with the selectable option.

Portable electronic device including touch-sensitive display and method of providing access to an application

A method includes detecting a query gesture and actuating, in response to the query gesture, an actuator to provide tactile feedback including information associated with the query gesture. The query gesture may be detected on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device.

Method of providing tactile feedback and apparatus

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Fonthill, Canada

Michael DeFazio