Point of sale terminal

• US 20040060982A1
• Filed: 09/25/2003
• Published: 04/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VeriFone Israel Limited (Verifone Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Lipman Electronic Engineering Ltd. (Verifone Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Zenou, Shlomo M.
• Granted Patent: US 6,991,159 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/383
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0004 Hybrid readers
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0034 the connector being capable of simultaneously receiving a plurality of cards in the same insertion slot
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/204 comprising interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0018 Constructional details, e.g. of drawer, printing means, input means
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/12 electronically operated digital data processing aspects G06Q20/00

Abstract

A point of sale terminal including point of sale transaction circuitry, and a socket for selectably receiving and supporting a mobile computing/communicating device and for permitting communication between the mobile computing/communicating device and the point of sale transaction circuitry. The point of sale transaction circuitry is operative both independently of and in cooperation with the mobile computing/communicating device.

Claims

1. A point of sale terminal comprising:

point of sale transaction circuitry; and

a socket for selectably receiving and supporting a mobile computing/communicating device and for permitting communication between said mobile computing/communicating device and said point of sale transaction circuitry,

said point of sale transaction circuitry is operative both independently of and in cooperation with said mobile computing/communicating device.

2. A point of sale terminal according to claim 1 and also comprising a display associated with said point of sale transaction circuitry.

3. A point of sale terminal according to claim 2 and also comprising transaction security circuitry associated with said point of sale transaction circuitry and with said display.

4. A point of sale terminal according to claim 1 and also comprising a hard-wired interface circuitry for permitting communication between said mobile computing/communicating device and said point of sale transaction circuitry.

5. A point of sale terminal according to claim 1 and also comprising wireless interface circuitry for permitting communication between said mobile computing/communicating device and said point of sale transaction circuitry.

6. A point of sale terminal according to claim 1 and wherein said mobile computing/communicating device comprises a device selected from the group consisting of portable computers, PDAs, beepers, portable telephones, mobile communicators and cellular telephones.

7. A point of sale terminal according to claim 1 and also comprising auxiliary memory selectably associatable with said point of sale transaction circuitry.