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US 9,436,855 B2Granted
Card reader for mobile device
AssigneePaypal, Inc.
InventorsDavid A. Marcus, Hill Ferguson, Max E. Metral, Egan Schulz
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Abstract
A card reader for use with a mobile device includes a foot and/or a housing for a jack on the bottom of the card reader prevents the card reader from accidently turning off the mobile device during use.
Claims20
A card reader comprising:
- a body having a slot configured to receive a card;
- a protrusion extending from a first bottom portion of the body, wherein the protrusion extends at least a height of an on/off button of a mobile device, abuts against a surface on which the on/off button extends from on the mobile device when the card reader is inserted into the mobile device, and does not overlap the on/off button when the card reader is inserted into the mobile device;
- and
- a jack extending from a second bottom portion of the body, the jack being located a lateral distance away from the protrusion.
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A card reader for a mobile device, comprising:
- a body having a slot configured to receive a card;
- a protrusion extending from a first bottom portion of the body, wherein the protrusion extends at least a height of an on/off button of a mobile device, abuts against a surface on which the on/off button extends from on the mobile device when the card reader is inserted into the mobile device, and does not overlap the on/off button when the card reader is inserted into the mobile device;
- a jack extending from a second bottom portion of the body, the jack being located a lateral distance away from the protrusion;
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- a housing extending from the second bottom portion of the body, wherein the jack extends through the housing.
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A method of operating a card reader with a mobile device, the method comprising:
- inserting the card reader into the mobile device using a jack on the card reader, wherein the jack extends from a first bottom portion of the card reader;
- contacting a first portion of a side surface of the mobile device with a protrusion on the card reader before the card reader contacts an on/off button on a second portion of the side surface of the mobile device, wherein the protrusion extends from a second bottom portion of the card reader and the jack is located a lateral distance away from the protrusion;
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- swiping a card through the card reader.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.