Energy harvesting bidirectional audio interface
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06Q-020/32
G06Q-020/20
G07F-007/08
출원번호
US-0463455
(2014-08-19)
등록번호
US-9799025
(2017-10-24)
발명자
/ 주소
Skoog, Lukas
출원인 / 주소
Square, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Polsinelli PC
인용정보
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160
초록▼
A payment card reader connected to an audio port of a mobile computing device may include a card interface, the card interface configured to read data from a payment card; a TRRS connector to couple the payment card reader with the mobile computing device; and an audio interface circuit coupled with
A payment card reader connected to an audio port of a mobile computing device may include a card interface, the card interface configured to read data from a payment card; a TRRS connector to couple the payment card reader with the mobile computing device; and an audio interface circuit coupled with the TRRS connector. The audio interface circuit may include a communication circuit configured to transmit data to and receive data from the mobile computing device via the TRRS connector and an energy harvesting circuit configured to receive an audio signal via the TRRS connector, to harvest energy from the audio signal, and to provide energy to other components of the card reader.
대표청구항▼
1. A mobile point-of-sale (POS) terminal for processing a financial transaction between a buyer and a merchant, the mobile POS terminal comprising: a mobile computing device having a tip-ring-ring-sleeve (TRRS) jack, the mobile computing device configured to run a register application, wherein the r
1. A mobile point-of-sale (POS) terminal for processing a financial transaction between a buyer and a merchant, the mobile POS terminal comprising: a mobile computing device having a tip-ring-ring-sleeve (TRRS) jack, the mobile computing device configured to run a register application, wherein the register application is configured to receive payment data from the buyer via a payment card reader for facilitating a transfer of funds from the buyer to the merchant; andthe payment card reader coupled with the mobile computing device via the TRRS jack, the payment card reader comprising: a card interface configured to read the payment data from a payment card;a processor coupled with the card interface, the processor configured to process the payment data from the payment card to determine financial information associated with the buyer that is used by the register application to facilitate the transfer of funds from the buyer to the merchant;a TRRS connector; andan audio interface application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) coupled with the TRRS connector, the audio interface ASIC comprising: a communication circuit configured to convey one or more communications between the payment card reader and the mobile computing device via the TRRS connector; andan energy harvesting circuit configured to receive an audio signal via an audio contact of the TRRS connector and a bias voltage via a microphone contact of the TRRS connector, to harvest energy from the audio signal and the bias voltage, and to provide the harvested energy to the card interface and the processor. 2. The mobile POS terminal of claim 1, wherein the audio interface ASIC further comprises a demodulator configured to demodulate a data signal from the audio signal. 3. The mobile POS terminal of claim 1, further comprising an energy storage device coupled with the energy harvesting circuit, the energy storage device configured to store the harvested energy harvested by the energy harvesting circuit. 4. The mobile POS terminal of claim 1, wherein the audio signal comprises a first signal received via a left channel audio contact of the TRRS connector and a second signal received via a right channel audio contact of the TRRS connector. 5. A payment card reader comprising: a card interface configured to read payment data from a payment card; a tip-ring-ring-sleeve (TRRS) connector to couple the payment card reader with a mobile computing device; and an audio interface circuit coupled with the TRRS connector, the audio interface circuit comprising: a communication circuit configured to convey one or more communications between the payment card reader and the mobile computing device via the TRRS connector; and an energy harvesting circuit configured to receive an audio signal via the TRRS connector, to harvest energy from the audio signal, and to provide the harvested energy to the card interface of the payment card reader. 6. The payment card reader of claim 5, further comprising a processor coupled with the card interface and the audio interface circuit, the processor configured to process the payment data from the payment card to determine financial information associated with a buyer and the audio interface circuit configured to transmit the financial information associated with the buyer to the mobile computing device. 7. The payment card reader of claim 5, wherein the energy harvesting circuit comprises a first circuit coupled with an audio contact of the TRRS connector, the first circuit configured to harvest energy from the audio signal received via the audio contact. 8. The payment card reader of claim 7, wherein the energy harvesting circuit comprises a second circuit coupled with a microphone contact of the TRRS connector, the second circuit configured to harvest energy from a bias voltage received via the microphone contact. 9. The payment card reader of claim 5, wherein the audio interface circuit further comprises a demodulator configured to demodulate a data signal from the audio signal. 10. The payment card reader of claim 5, further comprising an energy storage device coupled with the energy harvesting circuit, the energy storage device configured to store the harvested energy harvested by the energy harvesting circuit. 11. The payment card reader of claim 5, wherein the card interface is configured to read the payment data from a magnetic strip of the payment card. 12. The payment card reader of claim 5, wherein the card interface is configured to read the payment data from an integrated circuit of the payment card. 13. The payment card reader of claim 5, wherein the audio signal comprises a first signal received via a left channel audio contact of the TRRS connector and a second signal received via a right channel audio contact of the TRRS connector. 14. A method comprising: receiving, at an audio interface circuit of a payment card reader, an audio signal from a mobile computing device via an audio contact of a tip-ring-ring-sleeve (TRRS) connector; driving an energy harvesting circuit using the audio signal, wherein the energy harvesting circuit is configured to harvest energy from the audio signal and to provide the harvested energy to a card interface of the payment card reader; reading payment card information from a payment card using the card interface of the payment card reader; receiving, at the audio interface circuit, the payment card information from the payment card reader; and transmitting, using the audio interface circuit, the payment card information to the mobile computing device via the TRRS connector. 15. The method of claim 14, further comprising processing the payment card information to determine financial information associated with a buyer, wherein transmitting the payment card information comprises transmitting the financial information associated with the buyer. 16. The method of claim 14, further comprising: receiving, from the mobile computing device, a bias voltage via a microphone contact of the TRRS connector; and driving a second energy harvesting circuit using the bias voltage, wherein the second energy harvesting circuit is configured to harvest secondary energy from the bias voltage and to provide the harvested secondary energy to the card interface of the payment card reader. 17. The method of claim 14, further comprising demodulating a data signal from the audio signal. 18. The method of claim 14, further comprising storing energy harvested by the energy harvesting circuit. 19. The method of claim 14, wherein the card interface is configured to read the payment card information from a magnetic strip of the payment card. 20. The method of claim 14, wherein the card interface is configured to read the payment card information from an integrated circuit of the payment card. 21. The method of claim 14, wherein receiving the audio signal comprises: receiving a first signal via a left channel audio contact of the TRRS connector; and receiving a second signal via a right channel audio contact of the TRRS connector.
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