US 11,922,397 B2
Transaction object reader with interposer
Mani Razaghi, Oakland, CA (US); Joseph Laucks, San Francisco, CA (US); and Jeremy Martin, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Block, Inc., Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by Block, Inc., Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/110,236.
Application 18/110,236 is a continuation of application No. 17/360,473, filed on Jun. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,610,194.
Application 17/360,473 is a continuation of application No. 16/564,553, filed on Sep. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,100,298, issued on Aug. 24, 2021.
Application 16/564,553 is a continuation of application No. 15/836,691, filed on Dec. 8, 2017, granted, now 10,410,021, issued on Sep. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0196335 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/34 (2012.01); G06K 7/08 (2006.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06K 13/067 (2006.01); H04W 4/24 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 20/3278 (2013.01) [G06K 7/083 (2013.01); G06K 7/087 (2013.01); G06K 7/089 (2013.01); G06K 13/067 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transaction object reader device having a first connector that communicates with a second connector of a mobile device, the transaction object reader device comprising:
a housing;
a transaction object reader interface that is at least partially within the housing, wherein the transaction object reader interface reads transaction information from a transaction object as a transaction information signal;
signal interface circuitry that is within the housing and that is coupled to the transaction object reader interface, wherein the signal interface circuitry processes the transaction information signal to generate a processed transaction information signal;
an interposer that is within the housing and that is coupled to the signal interface circuitry and to the first connector, wherein the interposer conveys the processed transaction information signal from the signal interface circuitry to the first connector, wherein the interposer affects a range of movement of the signal interface circuitry and the first connector relative to the housing; and
the first connector that at least partially extends from the housing and that is coupled to the interposer, wherein the first connector sends the processed transaction information signal to the second connector of the mobile device.