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Patent No.:

US 9004356 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2012

Read head device with slot configured to reduce torque

Applicant:

Jim Mckelvey, Pensacola, FL (US);

Inventor:

Jim McKelvey, Pensacola, FL (US);

Assignee:

Square, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:

Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP

Primary Examiner:

Thien M Le

Assistant Examiner:

April Taylor

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/08 (2006.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/08 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G07F 7/08 (2006.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 20/34 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 40/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 7/0886 (2013.01); G06Q 20/322 (2013.01); G06Q 20/347 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0613 (2013.01); G06Q 40/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A read head system has a housing and a read positioned in the housing with a slot for swiping a magnetic stripe of a financial transaction card with the slot utilized to enable a financial transaction between a buyer and seller. The read head reads data on the magnetic stripe and produces a signal indicative of data stored on the magnetic stripe. The read head includes an output jack configured to be coupled to at least one of a audio jack or microphone port of a mobile device. The read head provides the signal to the mobile device.

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McKelvey, Jim. (2015). Read head device with slot configured to reduce torque (U.S. Patent No. 9004356). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9004356

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