Devices and methods for contactless card alignment with a foldable mobile device
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorsJeffrey Rule, Rajko Ilincic, Colin Hart
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Abstract
Example embodiments of systems, methods, and devices for transaction card alignment are provided. In one example embodiment, a mobile device may include a first component and a second component foldable with respect to one another between a first configuration and a second configuration. The mobile device may further include a screen interface on an interior side of the first component, and an alignment feature along the interior side, the alignment feature providing alignment for a contactless card with respect to the screen interface, wherein the contactless card is uncovered by the second component in the first configuration and covered by the second component in the second configuration.
Claims20
A mobile device, comprising:
- a first component and a second component foldable with respect to one another and having an open configuration and a closed configuration, the closed configuration having a slot recessed between an interior surface of the first component and the second component;
- an exterior screen interface on the exterior surface;
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- a card reader operable to communicate data with a contactless card,
- the slot to receive the contactless card and align the contactless card along an interior screen interface while the first and second components are in the closed configuration, the exterior screen interface to provide feedback about alignment of the contactless card with respect to the card reader while the contactless card is in the slot.
A data transmission system, comprising:
- a mobile device comprising:
- a first component and a second component foldable with respect to one another between a first configuration and a second configuration, the second configuration having a slot recessed between an interior surface of the first component and the second component;
- a screen interface on an interior side of the first component;
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- an alignment feature along the interior side, the alignment feature providing alignment for a contactless card with respect to the screen interface,
- the slot to align the contactless card with the screen interface in the second configuration and
- a card reader having a processor and memory, the data transmission system to provide power to the contactless card in the second configuration while the contactless card is in the slot and proximate to the card reader.
A method comprising:
- providing a mobile device operable to transmit data with a contactless card, the mobile device comprising a first component and a second component, wherein the first and second components are foldable with respect to one another between an open configuration and a closed configuration, and wherein the contactless card is covered by the second component in the closed configuration and uncovered by the second component in the open configuration;
- providing a slot recessed into at least one of:
- the first component and the second component;
- receiving the contactless card through the slot when the first and second components are in the closed configuration;
- providing an alignment feature along an interior side of the first component, the alignment feature aiding alignment of the contactless card with respect to an interior screen interface of the first component;
- determining whether the contactless card is aligned on the interior screen interface;
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- providing feedback on an exterior screen interface regarding placement of the contactless card based on whether the contactless card is aligned on the interior screen interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.