Patent ID: 9530032
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06K,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A card reader, comprising: a body of the card reader, the body defining a device opening to receive at least a portion of a computing device that includes a device sensor and a device emitter, the body also defining a card opening to receive at least a portion of a transaction card; a reader interface positioned at least partially along an interior of the card opening of the card reader, the reader interface to read card data from the transaction card and generate a reader interface signal based on the card data; encoding circuitry within the body of the card reader to encode the reader interface signal generated by the reader interface into an encoded signal and send the encoded signal to a reader emitter for transmission to the device sensor; a reader emitter positioned at least partially along an interior of the device opening of the card reader, the reader emitter to transmit the encoded signal to the device sensor of the computing device, wherein the reader emitter is positioned adjacent to the device sensor when the computing device is received by the device opening of the card reader; and a reader sensor positioned at least partially along the interior of the device opening of the card reader to receive device data from the device emitter of the computing device, wherein the reader sensor is positioned adjacent to the device emitter when the computing device is received by the device opening of the card reader.