IP Library Granted Patent US 12,493,329
Granted Patent B2
US 12,493,329 · App. 18/759,460 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Merchant/customer POS interaction system

Inventors: Michael Voege (San Jose, CA); Faran Najafi (Newbury Park, CA); Egan Schultz (San Jose, CA); Satish Govindarajan (Los Altos, CA)
Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
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Patent No.
US 12,493,329
App. No.
18/759,460
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for providing merchant/customer interaction include determining that a tablet computer is in a merchant orientation, retrieving merchant product information according to a received instruction and merchant orientation information, and displaying a merchant screen on the tablet computer that includes the merchant product information according to the merchant orientation information. A change in the orientation of the tablet computer enclosure/stand is then detected from the merchant orientation to a customer orientation. In response, the merchant screen is transitioned on the tablet computer display to a customer screen as the tablet computer enclosure/stand changes orientations by moving the merchant screen and the customer screen linearly while in a stacked orientation. The customer screen includes the merchant product information displayed according to customer orientation information such that the merchant product information is displayed differently on the customer screen relative to the merchant screen.

Claims (48)

1 . A system, comprising:

a chassis;

an orientation determination device housed in the chassis;

a display device connected to the chassis;

a non-transitory memory; and

one or more hardware processors housed in the chassis and configured to execute instructions stored in the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising:

detecting, using the orientation determination device, a first angle that the chassis is oriented relative to a support surface;

based on detecting the first angle, causing a display of first information about a product on the display device, wherein the first information about the product includes visual information that indicates at least a first feature associated with the product;

detecting, using the orientation determination device, a change in an angle that the chassis is oriented relative to the support surface from the first angle to a second angle; and

based on detecting the change in the angle that the chassis is oriented relative to the support surface from the first angle to the second angle, causing a display of second information about the product on the display device, wherein the second information about the product indicates at least a second feature associated with the product, wherein the second feature was not indicated in the first information, and wherein the display of the second information omits at least a portion of the visual information that indicates at least the first feature associated with the product.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein a first surface of the chassis engages the support surface while the chassis is oriented at the first angle, and wherein a second surface of the chassis engages the support surface while the chassis is oriented at the second angle.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the first surface and the second surface share a common edge, and wherein the change in the angle is caused by rotation of the chassis about the common edge while the common edge engages the support surface.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

retrieving the visual information that indicates at least the first feature associated with the product from a database associated with the system.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

retrieving the second information from a database associated with the system.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

during the display of the second information, causing a display of at least some of the visual information, the at least some of the visual information being at least partially obscured.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

causing the display of the second information in a larger visual format than a format for the visual information.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

subsequent to the display of the second information, detecting a user interaction with the display device to complete a purchase associated with the product; and

causing a completion of the purchase based on the user interaction.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the user interaction comprises an input received via a touch screen interface of the display device.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the chassis includes a mobile computer chassis.

11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein detecting the change in the angle that the chassis is oriented from the first angle to the second angle includes detecting that the chassis has transitioned from the first angle to an intermediate angle.

12 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a system having a memory and a processor to cause the system to perform operations comprising:

detecting, using an orientation determination device, a first angle that a chassis is oriented relative to a support surface;

based on detecting the first angle, causing a display of first information about a product on a display device of the system, wherein the first information includes visual information that indicates at least a first feature associated with the product;

detecting, using the orientation determination device, a change in an angle that the chassis is oriented relative to the support surface from the first angle to a second angle; and

based on detecting the change in the angle that the chassis is oriented relative to the support surface from the first angle to the second angle, causing a display of second information about the product on the display device, wherein the second information about the product indicates at least a second feature associated with the product, wherein the second feature was not indicated in the first information, and wherein the display of the second information omits at least a portion of the visual information that indicates at least the first feature associated with the product.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving the visual information that indicates at least the first feature associated with the product from a database associated with the system.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:

causing the display of the second information in a larger visual format than a format for the visual information.

15 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:

subsequent to the display of the second information, detecting a user interaction with the display device to complete a purchase associated with the product; and

causing a completion of the purchase based on the user interaction.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:

during the display of the second information, causing a display of at least some of the visual information, the at least some of the visual information being at least partially obscured.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein detecting the change in the angle that the chassis is oriented from the first angle to the second angle includes detecting that the chassis has transitioned from the first angle to an angle between the first angle and the second angle.

18 . A method, comprising:

detecting, using an orientation determination device of a system having a processor and a memory, a first angle that a chassis is oriented relative to a support surface;

based on detecting the first angle, causing a display of first information about a product on a display device of the system, wherein the first information includes visual information that indicates at least a first feature associated with the product;

detecting, using the orientation determination device of the system, a change in an angle that the chassis is oriented relative to the support surface from the first angle to a second angle; and

based on detecting the change in the angle that the chassis is oriented relative to the support surface from the first angle to the second angle, causing a display of second information about the product on the display device, wherein the second information about the product indicates at least a second feature associated with the product, wherein the second feature was not indicated in the first information, and wherein the display of the second information omits at least a portion of the visual information that indicates at least the first feature associated with the product.

19 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

during the display of the second information, causing a display of at least some of the visual information, the at least some of the visual information being at least partially obscured.

20 . The method of claim 18 , wherein detecting the change in the angle that the chassis is oriented from the first angle to the second angle includes detecting that the chassis has transitioned from the first angle to an intermediate angle.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2024
From: VOEGE, MICHAEL; NAJAFI, FARAN; SCHULTZ, EGAN; GOVINDARAJAN, SATISH
To: EBAY INC.
Reel/Frame 068112/0011 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2024
From: EBAY INC.
To: PAYPAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 068112/0070 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation 18137095 · Apr 20, 2023
Continuation 17234527 · Apr 19, 2021
Continuation 16845317 · Apr 10, 2020
Continuation 16200383 · Nov 26, 2018
Continuation 14558376 · Dec 2, 2014
Provisional Application 61921352 · Dec 27, 2013
Related Publication 20250103105A1 · Mar 27, 2025
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