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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Square, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Elliot Sather, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert von Behren, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Square, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 20/34 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/3223 (2013.01); G06Q 20/34 (2013.01); G06Q 20/409 (2013.01);
Abstract
A card reader comprising a display configured to optionally graphically display a character; one or more sensors configured to receive user input, wherein the one or more sensors are configured to send one or more signals that modify and select the character; a microcontroller configured to process the user input, wherein the processing comprises modifying or selecting the character based on user input at the one or more sensors; and memory configured to store selected characters based on processing the user input.