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

Claim 7:
8. 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 one or more wireless communications components and a receiving interface that includes 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 docked into the base stand, wherein the computing device comprises:
a user interface;
a docking interface that includes a plurality of second electrical contacts, wherein the docking interface enables the first electrical contacts of the computing device to come into physical contact with the second electrical contacts of the base stand when the computing device is docked into the base stand;
a card reader configured to receive and read a card that is inserted into the card reader; and
an electronic scanner configured to electronically scan a machine-readable code;

wherein the base stand is configured to:
wirelessly access, via the one or more wireless communications components, user information associated with a user of a mobile device that is different from the computing device; and
transmit the user information to the computing device and cause the user information to be automatically populated in the user interface of the computing device.