Patent ID: 11922396
Assignee: BLOCK, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by one or more servers of a payment service and from a point-of-sale (POS) device of a seller, first data identifying a payment reader, wherein the first data comprises first image data associated with visual indicia printed on one or more surfaces of the payment reader;
identifying, by the one or more servers, the payment reader using the first data received from the POS device;
based at least in part on pairing data stored a database associated with the payment service, determining, by the one or more servers, that the payment reader is not paired;
generating, by the one or more servers, first instructions for associating the POS device with the payment reader via a pairing handshake over a short-range wireless network;
sending, by the one or more servers and to the POS device and at a first time, the first instructions;
updating, by the one or more servers, the pairing data to updated pairing data, wherein the updated pairing data indicates the pairing of the POS device to the payment reader, and wherein the payment reader is in a connected-sleep power state responsive to the pairing;
receiving, by the one or more servers and from a buyer device of a buyer, second data identifying the payment reader, wherein the second data comprises second image data associated with the visual indicia;
identifying, by the one or more servers, the payment reader using the second data received from the buyer device;
based at least in part on the updated pairing data, determining, by the one or more servers, that the payment reader is associated with the POS device; and
based on determining, by the one or more servers, that the payment reader is associated with the POS device:
causing, by the one or more servers, transitioning of the payment reader from the connected-sleep power state to a ready-for-payment power state, wherein the ready-for-payment power state consumes more power than the connected-sleep power state, and wherein payment via the payment reader requires being in the ready-for-payment power state; and
sending, by the one or more servers and to the buyer device at a second time, second instructions for facilitating a payment transaction between the buyer device and the POS device via the payment reader without sending the POS device any instructions for associating the POS device with the payment reader at the second time.