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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2011
Kartik Lamba, San Francisco, CA (US);
Amish Babu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Adam David Peter Rothschild, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Shyh-yen Ho, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gerald Thomas Ryle, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jack Dorsey, San Francisco, CA (US);
James M. Mckelvey, Miami, FL (US);
Kartik Lamba, San Francisco, CA (US);
Amish Babu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Adam David Peter Rothschild, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Shyh-yen Ho, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gerald Thomas Ryle, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jack Dorsey, San Francisco, CA (US);
James M. McKelvey, Miami, FL (US);
Square, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of transmitting information to a mobile device includes providing a read head with a slot for swiping a magnetic stripe of a card, a power supply coupled to wake-up electronics and a microcontroller. The wake-up electronics are powered by a microphone bias of a mobile device.