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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:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
May. 09, 2024
Applicant:
Block, Inc., Oakland, CA (US);
Inventor:
Troy Edwards, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Block, Inc., Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/0004 (2013.01); G06Q 20/204 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are described for a base with a connector to couple to a mobile computing device. In some examples, and apparatus includes a base, reader circuitry, and a connector protruding from the base. The reader circuitry is configured to read payment information from a payment object that interacts with the reader circuitry. The connector is configured to convey the payment information from the reader circuitry to the mobile computing device. The connector being coupled to the second connector of the mobile computing device retains a position of the mobile computing device relative to the base.