US 12,136,080 B2
Ad-hoc lightweight mPOS remote control
Neil Edward Johnson, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by ROKU, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/968,659.
Application 17/968,659 is a continuation of application No. 16/669,664, filed on Oct. 31, 2019, granted, now 11,475,433.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/769,981, filed on Nov. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0042202 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06Q 20/08 (2012.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 20/22 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC G06Q 20/3278 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10297 (2013.01); G06Q 20/0855 (2013.01); G06Q 20/123 (2013.01); G06Q 20/204 (2013.01); G06Q 20/227 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3224 (2013.01); G06Q 20/382 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01); H04W 12/03 (2021.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for implementing a lightweight mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) system in a remote control, comprising:
receiving, by a media system from the remote control, a selection of an item displayed by the media system;
determining, by the media system and responsive to receiving the selection of the item, not to use payment information stored on the media system;
initiating, by the media system at the remote control, activation of the lightweight mPOS system including a contactless payment reader; and
receiving, by the media device from the contactless payment reader in the lightweight mPOS system, encrypted payment information.