US Patent Issued on Aug. 25 for "Point-of-sale system for portable electronic devices" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,217, issued on Aug. 25.

"Point-of-sale system for portable electronic devices" was invented by Daniel C. Symons (Waxhaw, N.C.), John Johnson (Charlotte, N.C.), Dan Poon (Charlotte, N.C.), Christopher Richard Helman (Charlotte, N.C.) and Tony Plunk (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A point of sale system is provided. The point of sale system comprises a portable electronic device and a first shroud configured to be coupled to the portable electronic device. The system also includes a point of sale device configured to communicate with the portable electronic device, and a second shroud configured to be coupled to the poi...