US 11,966,805 B2
Point of sale system
Yenliang Chen, San Francisco, CA (US); Isreal Blagdan, Oakland, CA (US); Michael C. Lamfalusi, Cupertino, CA (US); Kartik Lamba, Berkeley, CA (US); and Jeremy Wade, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Block, Inc., Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by Block, Inc., Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/235,509.
Application 18/235,509 is a continuation of application No. 16/795,402, filed on Feb. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,836,566.
Application 16/795,402 is a continuation of application No. 16/051,381, filed on Jul. 31, 2018, granted, now 11,537,803, issued on Dec. 27, 2022.
Application 16/051,381 is a continuation of application No. 15/003,580, filed on Jan. 21, 2016, abandoned.
Application 15/003,580 is a continuation of application No. 14/592,102, filed on Jan. 8, 2015, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/053,029, filed on Sep. 19, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0394253 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G06K 7/08 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01); G06Q 20/34 (2012.01)
CPC G06K 7/084 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06K 19/07703 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06Q 20/202 (2013.01); G06Q 20/204 (2013.01); G06Q 20/341 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for use in a point-of-sale transaction between a merchant and a consumer, the assembly comprising:
a first terminal having a base and a first computing device, the first computing device having a first touchscreen display configured to display a merchant graphical user interface to guide a merchant through a point-of-sale transaction, the first computing device being supported by the base such that the first touchscreen display faces a first direction;
a second terminal having a second computing device and a payment device reader, the second computing device having a second touchscreen display configured to display a consumer graphical user interface to guide a consumer through the point-of-sale transaction, the second terminal being detachably mated to the base of the first terminal such that 1) at least a portion of the second terminal contacts the base when the second terminal is mated to the base and 2) the second terminal is independent of the first terminal when the second terminal is detached from the base, the second touchscreen display faces a second direction different from the first direction when the second terminal is mated to the base; and
the second terminal having a first surface including the second touchscreen display and wherein the payment device reader includes a first slot on the first surface to receive a payment card, the second terminal includes a projection located on the second terminal opposite the first surface, the projection contacts the base of the first terminal when the second terminal is mated to the base and is configured to support to the second terminal and angle the second touchscreen display for viewing by the consumer when the second terminal is detached from the base, and wherein the second computing device is configured to receive payment information from payment cards irrespective of the second terminal being mated to or detached from the base.