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US 6,769,607 B1Granted
Point of sale and display adapter for electronic transaction device
OwnerSatyan G. Pitroda, Merul Patelinventors
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OwnerSatyan G. Pitroda, Merul Patelinventors
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An adapter for use with a conventional POS card reader to interface with PDA's, Wireless Phones, and other Handheld devices, through Infrared or RF media, such that signals received from the devices can be converted to conventional magnetic stripe and/or smart card format, as required by the conventional POS card readers. The adapter includes a housing, including at least a reader-insertable portion capable of being inserted in the card reader, a receive circuit in the housing, a processor in the housing connected to the receive circuit; and a point of sale interface in the reader insertable portion of the housing and connected to the processor. The housing may be approximately the size of a conventional credit card and may be fully reader-insertable.
An adapter for use with point of sale card readers and electronic transaction devices, the adapter comprising:
An adapter for use with point of sale card readers having serial ports and electronic transaction devices, the adapter comprising:
A method of using an adapter with a point of sale card reader, comprising:
A method of using an adapter having a card emulation interface with a point of sale card reader having a magnetic card reader interface and an electronic communication port, and at least one electronic transaction device, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.