System and method for a near field communications reader device
AssigneeStripe, Inc.
InventorsHwai Sian Tsai, Chi Wah Lo
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Abstract
A reader device for attachment to a smart device comprising a display, the reader comprising an antenna, processing and reading circuitry, and a communications module, wherein the antenna, the processing and reading circuitry, the processor and the communications module are coupled to each other, and whereby the antenna encloses said display. When a card is tapped on the display, the antenna receives a signal and transmits the signal to the processing and reading circuitry. The processing and reading circuitry processes the signal to produce data, and the produced data is transmitted to a device external to the reader device by the communications module.
Claims20
A system for a device, wherein the device comprises a display, the system comprising:
- a processor configured to coordinate operations of components of the system;
- an antenna configured to receive a signal when a card is tapped on the display of the device, wherein the system is attached to the device causing the antenna of the system to enclose the display of the device, and transmit the signal to a processing and reading circuitry of the system;
- the processing and reading circuitry configured to process the signal to produce data;
- a communications system configured to transmit the produced data to a device external to the system, wherein:
- the antenna, the processing and reading circuitry, the processor, and the communications module are coupled with each other.
A method for a system to perform reading for a device, wherein the device comprises a display, the method comprising:
- coordinating, by a processor of the system, operations of components of the system;
- receiving, by an antenna of the system, a signal when a card is tapped on the display of the device, wherein the system is attached to the device causing the antenna of the system to enclose the display of the device;
- transmitting, by the antenna of the system, the signal to a processing and reading circuitry of the system;
- processing, by the processing and reading circuitry of the system, the signal to produce data;
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- transmitting, by a communications system of the system, the produced data to a device external to the system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.