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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Square, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Matt Wilson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Xuancong Wen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Square, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A card reader includes a read head in a housing. A jack is coupled to the housing and adapted to be inserted into a microphone input associated with a mobile device. An electronic system includes a card reader circuit, a communication system, a monitor system to manage card reader behavior between power cycles, a pathway system and a power subsystem that in operation receives a bias voltage from a mobile device.