Granted Patent B2

US 12,393,308 · App. 19/173,400 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Inventors: Eric Parker (Brooklyn, NY); Peter J. Sullivan (Santa Barbara, CA); Elias Bachaalany (Jbeil, LB); Imad Maalouf (Beirut, LB); James Mansour (Austin, TX); Redza Shah (Austin, TX)

Assignee: Jackpocket LLC

G06F3/0421

Abstract

Claims (45)

1. A system for automated interaction with a touch-screen device, comprising:

at least one solenoid including an end effector that is tactilely detectable by a touch-screen of the touch-screen device, wherein operation of the at least one solenoid causes the end effector to tactilely engage with a portion of the touch-screen; and

a controller that is operatively connected to the at least one solenoid and to at least one external device, wherein the controller is configured to:

detect, using the connection with the at least one external device, a need for operation of the at least one solenoid to interact with the touch-screen; and

operate the at least one solenoid based on the detection.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one optical sensor configured to sense at least a portion of the touch-screen, wherein operating the at least one solenoid based on the detection includes:

activating the at least one optical sensor; and

operating the at least one solenoid in response to detecting a predetermined characteristic of the touch-screen via the at least one optical sensor.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one external device includes one or more of a printer or a feed device that is operatively engaged with the touch-screen device.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein detecting, using the connection with the at least one external device, the need for the operation of the at least one solenoid to interact with the touch-screen includes detecting that the touch-screen device is prepared to operate in conjunction with the at least one external device.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a scanner device configured to scan information included on physical media generated by the touch screen device.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the scanner device includes one or more of a barcode scanner, an infrared scanner, or an optical scanner.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to activate the scanner device in response to operation of the at least one solenoid.

8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit the information scanned by the scanner device to at least one remote device.

9. A system for automated interaction with a touch-screen device, comprising:

at least one solenoid including an end effector that is tactilely detectable by a touch-screen of the touch-screen device, wherein operation of the at least one solenoid causes the end effector to tactilely engage with a portion of the touch-screen;

a scanner device operable to scan information included on physical media generated by the touch screen device; and

a controller that is operatively connected to the at least one solenoid and to the scanner device, wherein the controller is configured to:

operate the at least one solenoid to cause the touch-screen device to generate physical media; and

operate the scanner device to scan information from the generated physical media.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the scanner device includes one or more of a barcode scanner, an infrared scanner, or an optical scanner.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to activate the scanner device in response to operation of the at least one solenoid.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit the information scanned by the scanner device to at least one remote device.

13. The system of claim 9 , further comprising:

at least one optical sensor configured to sense at least a portion of the touch-screen, wherein the controller is configured to operate the at least one solenoid in response to detecting a predetermined characteristic of the touch-screen via the at least one optical sensor.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein:

the controller is further operatively connected to at least one external device; and

the controller is configured to:

detect, using the connection with the at least one external device, a need for operation of the at least one solenoid to interact with the touch-screen; and

activate the at least one optical sensor in response to the detection of the need.

15. A system for automated interaction with a touch-screen device, comprising:

at least one optical sensor configured to sense at least a first portion of a touch-screen of the touch-screen device;

at least one solenoid including an end effector that is tactilely detectable by a touch-screen of the touch-screen device, wherein operation of the at least one solenoid causes the end effector to tactilely engage with a second portion of the touch-screen; and

a controller that is operatively connected to the at least one solenoid and to at least one external device, wherein the controller is configured to:

detect, using the connection with the at least one external device, a change in status of the at least one external device;

activate the at least one optical sensor in response to the detected change in status; and

operate the at least one solenoid based on detecting a predetermined characteristic of the touch-screen via the at least one optical sensor.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein detecting the change in status includes detecting that the touch-screen device is prepared to operate in conjunction with the at least one external device.

17. The system of claim 15 , further comprising:

a scanner device configured to scan information included on physical media generated by the touch screen device.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the scanner device includes one or more of a barcode scanner, an infrared scanner, or an optical scanner.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the controller is further configured to activate the scanner device in response to operation of the at least one solenoid.

20. The system of claim 16 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit the information scanned by the scanner device to at least one remote device.

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