IP Library Granted Patent US 11,366,935
Granted Patent B2
US 11,366,935 · App. 16/527,941 · Granted Jun 21, 2022

Multi-use payment device

Inventors: Ranil Fernando (Sunnyvale, CA); Cameron Cole (Redwood City, CA); Fareed Uddin (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.
G06F21/74G06F21/84G06Q20/3227H04W12/50
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Patent No.
US 11,366,935
App. No.
16/527,941
Granted
Jun 21, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are system, method, and device embodiments for tablet mode switching. In an embodiment, an electronic device enters a payment mode associated with a secure processor of the electronic device and suspends access by a primary processor of the electronic device to a component of the electronic device. Further, the electronic device determines that it is connected to a docking hub, permits the primary processor to access a peripheral device connected to the docking hub via a pair connection, and receives, by the primary processor, user input from the peripheral device connected to the docking hub via the pair connection.

Claims (53)

1. A method comprising:

entering, by an electronic device, a payment mode associated with a secure processor of the electronic device;

suspending access, by an application executing on a primary processor of the electronic device, to a component of the electronic device, wherein the component of the electronic device includes at least one of a display device or a user input device and wherein the payment mode comprises restricting access to the at least one of the display device or the user input device by a payment application executing on the secure processor;

determining that the electronic device is connected to a docking hub;

permitting the application access to a peripheral device connected to the docking hub via a pair connection;

receiving, by the primary processor, user input from the peripheral device connected to the docking hub via the pair connection, wherein the user input is associated with the application;

entering a normal operating mode associated with the primary processor based on completion of a step of a payment workflow associated with the payment mode; and

re-enabling access by the primary processor to the component of the electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral device includes a graphical display, and further comprising:

displaying graphical information associated with an application executing on the primary processor on the graphical display.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein entering the payment mode comprises performing one or more steps of a payment workflow via a payment application executing on the secure processor.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining that the docking hub is an authorized device based on a device identifier associated with the docking hub; and

forming the pair connection with the docking hub based on the determining.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral device connected to the docking hub includes at least one of a display device or a user input device.

6. An electronic device comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

a connection interface;

one or more memory components including a payment application and a system application; and

one or more processors and/or circuits coupled to the one or more memory components, and configured to:

execute the system application on a primary processor of the one or more processors;

suspend access, by the system application on the primary processor, to the touch-sensitive display;

execute, in a payment mode, the payment application via a secure processor of the one or more processors, wherein the payment mode comprises restricting access to the touch-sensitive display by a payment application executing on the one or more processors;

determine that the electronic device is connected to a docking hub via the connection interface;

permit the system application access to a peripheral device connected to the docking hub via the connection interface;

display, on a touch display of the peripheral device, information associated with the system application;

enter a normal operating mode associated with the primary processor based on completion of a step of a payment workflow associated with the payment mode; and

re-enable access by the primary processor to the touch-sensitive display.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the connection interface is a universal serial bus type C interface.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the connection interface is a wireless interface.

9. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the information is first information, and the one or more processors and/or circuits are further configured to:

display, on the touch-sensitive display, second information associated with the system application.

10. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the one or more processors and/or circuits are further configured to:

receive a device identifier from the docking hub;

determine that the docking hub is an authorized device via the device identifier; and

form a pair connection with the docking hub via the connection interface based on the determining.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

entering, by an electronic device, a payment mode associated with a secure processor of the electronic device;

suspending access, by an application executing on a primary processor of the electronic device, to a component of the electronic device, wherein the component of the electronic device includes at least one of a display device or a user input device and wherein the payment mode comprises restricting access to the at least one of the display device or the user input device by a payment application executing on the secure processor;

determining that the electronic device is connected to a docking hub;

permitting the application access to a peripheral device connected to the docking hub via a pair connection;

receiving, by the primary processor, user input from the peripheral device connected to the docking hub via the pair connection, wherein the user input is associated with the application;

entering a normal operating mode associated with the primary processor based on completion of a step of a payment workflow associated with the payment mode; and

re-enabling access by the primary processor to the component of the electronic device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 11 , wherein the peripheral device connected to the docking hub includes a graphical display and the operations further comprising:

displaying graphical information associated with an application executing on the primary processor on the graphical display.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:

entering a normal operating mode associated with the primary processor based on completion of a step of a payment workflow associated with the payment mode; and

re-enabling access by the primary processor to the component of the electronic device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 11 , wherein entering the payment mode comprises performing one or more steps of a payment workflow via a payment application executing on the secure processor.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:

determining that the docking hub is an authorized device based on a device identifier associated with the docking hub; and

forming the pair connection with the docking hub based on the determining.

Assignments (5)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 17, 2025
From: ELO TOUCH SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 074005/0708 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 070666/FRAME 0540 Recorded Sep 30, 2025
From: CITIZENS BANK, N.A.
To: ELO TOUCH SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 072982/0372 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2025
From: ELO TOUCH SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: CITIZENS BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 070666/0540 →
ADDRESS CHANGE Recorded Aug 11, 2023
From: ELO TOUCH SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: ELO TOUCH SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 064571/0711 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2021
From: FERNANDO, RANIL; COLE, CAMERON; UDDIN, FAREED
To: ELO TOUCH SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 057943/0645 →