Square, Inc.

Google Inc.

Block, Inc.

Troy J Edwards

Lukas Skoog

Amish Rajesh Babu

Jesse Lee Dorogusker

Peter Michael Cazalet

Eric Dayringer

Maura Aranguren

Maj Isabelle Olsson

Gina Reimann

Yao Ding

Luke David Mastrangelo

Sandeep Singh Waraich

Shameem Hameed

Idil Girard

Benjamin Caleb Carroll

Robert D Brunner

Howard Nuk

Bryan Macomber

Jonas Alexander Lagerstedt

Timothy Leong Yew Tan

Melissa Zucker

Kevin C Kurtz

Jiang Zhu

Yenliang Chen

Chi Kin Benjamin Leung

Wenjing Su

Gemin Li

Trevor Hermosillo

David Craig

Matthew Egan

Ben Chen

Aspects of the technology provide a multi-purpose card reader configured for use with a mobile electronic device (e.g., a mobile host), such as a smart phone or tablet computer. In certain aspects, the card reader is integrated into a case for enclosing the mobile electronic device and configured for reading financial information from a payment card to facilitate a financial transaction between a buyer and a merchant. To facilitate operability of the card reader, the case can include multiple card slots, such as a swipe-slot (e.g., for receiving a magnetic stripe payment card), and a dip-slot (e.g., for use in receiving an IC type payment card).

Displaceable reader circuitry

The present disclosure provides a magnetic system within a case for an electronic accessory. The case may include a housing portion and a lid coupled to the housing portion. Within the housing portion may be a housing magnet. The housing magnet may be oriented such that the magnetic field of the housing magnet is oriented transverse to a longitudinal axis of the case. The housing magnet may have a size and strength to magnetically couple the electronic accessory within a cavity of the housing. A hinge magnet may be located along an axis of rotation of the lid with respect to the housing. The hinge magnet and housing magnet may magnetically interact to form a bistable magnetic hinge. Thus, the one housing magnet may be large enough and have a strong enough magnetic field to perform various functions.

Magnet system for wireless earbuds and case

A wearable audio device sized to fit within an ear of an user comprises an outer housing; a circuit board positioned within the outer housing; a battery having an anode and a cathode, the battery being connected to the circuit board; a speaker adjacent the battery; and an electromagnetic interference ('EMI') shield tab coupled to the anode. The EMI shield tab may be configured to shield the speaker from EMI generated by the circuit board and to provide an electrical interconnection to the anode. The EMI shield tab may be comprised of a high magnetic flux permeable metal material

Battery with electromagnetic interference shielding

An antenna is provided for a wearable personal computing device, such as an earbud. The antenna integrates with other components of the wearable device, such as an input control. For example, the antenna may at least partially surround a portion of a touchpad input at a surface of the device that is exposed when the device is worn. In one example, the antenna shares a ground plane with the touchpad. In another example, the antenna includes two nested traces, wherein a first trace is connected to ground and a second trace is connected to an antenna feed.

Antenna for wearable devices

Wireless earbud

Displaceable card reader circuitry

Some examples include determining a traffic region of a touchscreen prior to presentation of a passcode entry interface based on determining a portion of the touchscreen receiving a number of touch events that exceeds a touch event threshold and/or based on determining a portion of the touchscreen on which was presented another user interface that received one or more touch events immediately prior to the presentation of the passcode entry interface. Based at least partially on the traffic region, a location on the touchscreen may be determined for presenting the passcode entry interface. The passcode entry interface may include buttons corresponding to character options for composing a passcode entry. The passcode entry interface may be presented at the determined location on the touchscreen with at least one of the buttons overlapping the traffic region of the touchscreen.

Secure passcode entry user interface

A point-of-sale system includes a stand that supports a tablet computer. The tablet computer can run a merchant application to provide the typical functionality for a point-of-sale system. The stand can be rotatable to face either the merchant or the customer. The stand can incorporate a card reader. The tablet computer can be connected through a hub to other peripheral components, such as a controllable cash drawer, a printer and/or a bar code reader. The cash drawer can include a slidable drawer having sliding rails that are hidden from a top view of the drawer.

Point-of-sale system

A docking station to couple with a mobile device is disclosed. The docking station, in one embodiment, includes: a frame configured to detachably hold a mobile device; a connector configured to communicate with the mobile device when the mobile device is held by the frame; and a dial configured to change a character selection on a virtual character selection reel for composing a passcode entry; wherein the connector is configured to send a command to change the character selection to the mobile device.

Secure passcode entry docking station

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Los Gatos, CA, United States of America

Troy J Edwards