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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Ingenico Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Christopher Rotsaert, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Ingenico Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/0069 (2013.01);
Abstract
In exemplary embodiments, a reader device is powered on only when a card is inserted in the reader device, thereby reducing the amount of time the reader device is powered and consequently reducing the amount of power consumption by the reader device. In some embodiments, inserting the card causes power-on of the reader device, while in other embodiments, insertion of the card plus other criteria are required to power on the reader device (e.g., having the reader device connected to the host device, or operating a manual switch while the card is inserted in the reader device).