US 11,922,397 B2 · Transaction object reader with interposer

Abstract

A card reader includes a digital connector such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) plug or an Apple® Lightning® plug. The digital connector includes a corresponding connector interface, which provides voltage to at least a card reader interface and an integrated circuit (IC) of the card reader. The card reader interface outputs an analog transaction information signal upon reading the card. The IC generates a digital version of the analog transaction information signal, encrypts the digital version, converts that into an analog audio signal. The audio signal can then be sent to the connector interface, which converts it into a digital signal such as a USB or Apple® Lightning® signal that is sent by the digital connector to a mobile device. Alternately, the audio signal can be sent to a microcontroller that converts the audio signal to a digital format such as USB, and then to the digital connector.

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Dependent claims

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.

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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 transaction object reader interface, wherein the transaction object reader interface reads transaction information from a transaction object as a transaction information signal;
signal interface circuitry that is within a 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 is coupled to the interposer, wherein the first connector sends the processed transaction information signal to the second connector of the mobile device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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