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Reading payment object upon detection of reader readiness

  • US 10,380,389 B1
  • Filed: 07/14/2017
  • Issued: 08/13/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A payment object reader comprising:

  • a microcontroller; and

    a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the microcontroller to;

    receive a presence detection signal from a presence detector of the payment object reader, the presence detection signal indicating detection by the presence detector that a payment object associated with a customer is present at a payment object reading area associated with the payment object reader,detect that a first subsystem of the payment object reader is not ready to read the payment object after receiving the presence detection signal from the presence detector of the payment object reader,delay reading of the payment object by the payment object reader until the first subsystem of the payment object reader is ready to read the payment object, andsignal a payment object reader interface of the payment object reader to read the payment object in response to delaying reading of the payment object until the first subsystem of the payment object reader is ready to read the payment object and after receiving the presence detection signal from the presence detector of the payment object reader.

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