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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9195454
APP PUB NO 20150149992A1
SERIAL NO

14551681

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Aspects of the subject disclosure provide a card reader for receiving payment card information at a mobile point-of-sale terminal. In some implementations, a reader of the subject technology can include a memory, a conditioning module and a 3.5 mm audio plug including an audio bus that is configured for insertion into a headphone port of a host device, such as a smart phone or tablet computer. Implementations of the subject technology also include a microprocessor configured to perform operations for determining whether a newer firmware version is available for the card reader or whether a download of such a firmware needs to be completed, and in response to determining such a download is needed, performing a download of the firmware via the audio plug during periods of inactivity.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • SQUARE, INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Post, Dan San Francisco, US 11 257
Wade, Jeremy San Francisco, US 72 1011

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