ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,569, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Block Inc. (Oakland, Calif.).
"Base with connector to couple to mobile computing device" was invented by Troy Edwards (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for a base with a connector to couple to a mobile computing device. In some examples, and apparatus includes a base, reader circuitry, and a connector protruding from the base. The reader circuitry is configured to read payment information from a payment object that interacts with the reader circuitry. The connector is configured to convey the payment information from the reader circuitry to the mo...