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

Claim 16:
17. A point-of-sale system, comprising:
a base stand having one or more functions, wherein the base stand includes one or more wireless communication components and a plurality of first electrical contacts; and
a computing device configured to enable the one or more functions of the base stand when the computing device is coupled with the base stand, wherein the computing device includes:
a user interface;
a coupling interface that includes a plurality of second electrical contacts, wherein the coupling interface is configured to removably couple the computing device to the base stand, such that when the computing device is coupled to the base stand, the plurality of first electrical contacts come into physical contact with the plurality of second electrical contacts;
a card reader configured to retrieve electronic information from a card that is inserted into the card reader; and
a scanner configured to scan one or more types of machine-readable codes;

wherein the base stand is configured to:
wirelessly communicate, via the one or more wireless communication components, with a mobile device of a user and obtain user information associated with the user;
transmit, via the one or more wireless communication components, the user information to the computing device; and
cause the user information to automatically populate the user interface of the computing device.