Payment object reader device with multiple types of reader circuitry

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9870557
SERIAL NO

15336597

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Methods, systems, and apparatus, for a payment card reader comprising: a frame, where the frame includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface, a second side surface of the side surfaces on an opposite side of the frame from the first side surface, the first side surface including a groove configured to receive a swipe of a magnetic stripe card, the second side surface including a slot configured to receive insertion of a chip card; a magnetic stripe reader interface; a chip card reader interface; circuitry configured to direct signals from the magnetic stripe reader interface and the chip card reader interface to a microcontroller in the card reader; and circuitry configured to communicate wirelessly between the card reader and a computing device.

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BLOCK INC1955 BROADWAY SUITE 600 OAKLAND CA 94612

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Babu, Amish Mountain View, US 35 1447
Dorogusker, Jesse Palo Alto, US 60 1889
Lamba, Kartik Berkeley, US 41 1125
Sather, Elliot San Francisco, US 28 1171

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