Patent ID: 11887092
Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A point-of-sale system, comprising:
a base stand having one or more functions configured to be enabled and disabled, wherein the base stand comprises a wireless device and a receiving interface that includes first electrical contacts; and
a computing device configured to enable the one or more functions of the base stand when the computing device is docked into the base stand, wherein the computing device comprises:
a user interface;
a docking interface comprising second electrical contacts, wherein the docking interface is configured to removably dock the computing device to the receiving interface of the base stand such that the first electrical contacts of the computing device are in contact with the second electrical contacts of the base stand;
a card reader configured to receive and read a card when inserted into the card reader; and
a scanner configured to scan machine-readable codes;

wherein the base stand is configured to:
wirelessly communicate with a mobile device of a user via the wireless device and obtain user information corresponding to the user; and
transmit the user information to the computing device via the wireless device and cause the user information to be automatically populated in the user interface of the computing device.