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 reader for capturing card data for a device during a transaction performed by the device, wherein the device comprises a display, the reader comprising:
- a processor configured to coordinate operations of the processor, an antenna, processing and reading circuitry, and a communications system of the reader;
- the antenna, communicatively coupled with the processor, configured to:
- read a signal produced when a card is tapped by a user on the display of the device during the transaction, and send the signal to the processing and reading circuitry;
- the processing and reading circuitry, communicatively coupled with the processor and the antenna, configured to receive the signal sent from the antenna, process the signal to produce data, and send the produced data to the communications system of the reader;
- the communications system, communicatively coupled with the processor and the processing and reading circuitry, configured to receive the produced data, and transmit the produced data to a device external to the reader as card data to be used to process the transaction, wherein:
- wherein the reader is attached to the device causing the antenna to enclose the display of the device.
A method for capturing card data by a reader during a transaction performed by a device to which the reader is attached, wherein the device comprises a display, the method comprising:
- coordinating, by a processor of the reader, operations of an antenna, processing and reading circuitry, and a communications system of the reader;
- reading, by the antenna, a signal produced when a card is tapped by a user on the display of the device during the transaction, wherein when the reader is attached to the device, the antenna of the reader encloses the display of the device;
- processing, by the processing and reading circuitry, the signal read by the antenna to produce data;
- transmitting, by the communication system, the produced data to a device external to the system as card data to be used to process the transaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.