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Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 17, 2011
Applicants:

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);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/08 (2006.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01); G06Q 20/34 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 40/02 (2012.01); G07F 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/347 (2013.01); G06Q 20/322 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); G06Q 40/02 (2013.01); G07F 7/0886 (2013.01);
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.


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