Inventor
WHITE MICHAEL WELLS
US34 patents
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SQUARE INC
26 patentsUS10366378B1Jul 30, 2019
Processing transactions in offline mode
SQUARE INC180 citations98
US10163107B1Dec 25, 2018
Technical fallback infrastructure
SQUARE INC55 citations97
US10482440B1Nov 19, 2019
Simulating NFC experience
SQUARE INC24 citations94
US9785930B1Oct 10, 2017
Expedited processing of electronic payment transactions
SQUARE INC31 citations94
US9129274B1Sep 8, 2015
Controlling access based on display orientation
SQUARE INC60 citations94
US10055722B1Aug 21, 2018
Transitioning point-of-sale devices between modes
SQUARE INC29 citations93
US10043162B1Aug 7, 2018
Open ticket payment handling with bill splitting
SQUARE INC35 citations93
US9881302B1Jan 30, 2018
Intelligent payment capture in failed authorization requests
SQUARE INC21 citations92
US9836732B1Dec 5, 2017
Payment handling
SQUARE INC23 citations92
US10055721B1Aug 21, 2018
Replicating online-transaction behavior in offline transactions
SQUARE INC18 citations86
US10528945B1Jan 7, 2020
Open ticket payment handling with incremental authorization
SQUARE INC20 citations85
US10733588B1Aug 4, 2020
User interface presentation on system with multiple terminals
SQUARE INC11 citations84
US10949858B2Mar 16, 2021
Technical fallback infrastructure
SQUARE INC7 citations83
US10217110B1Feb 26, 2019
Security features for offline transactions
SQUARE INC12 citations83
US10147079B2Dec 4, 2018
Open ticket payment handling with offline mode
SQUARE INC5 citations83
US10121136B2Nov 6, 2018
Display orientation based user interface presentation
SQUARE INC9 citations83
US9864986B1Jan 9, 2018
Associating a monetary value card with a payment object
SQUARE INC8 citations83
US9324065B2Apr 26, 2016
Determining languages for a multilingual interface
SQUARE INC12 citations83
US9741035B1Aug 22, 2017
Intelligent payment capture in failed authorization requests
SQUARE INC13 citations82
US11010765B2May 18, 2021
Preliminary acquisition of payment information
SQUARE INC5 citations73
US10268999B2Apr 23, 2019
Determining languages for a multilingual interface
SQUARE INC1 citations72
US11080666B2Aug 3, 2021
Open ticket payment handling with bill splitting
SQUARE INC0 citations62
US10990946B2Apr 27, 2021
Open ticket payment handling with offline mode
SQUARE INC0 citations62
US10817869B2Oct 27, 2020
Preliminary enablement of transaction processing circuitry
SQUARE INC0 citations51
US11087315B2Aug 10, 2021
Server-assisted pairing for wireless communications
SQUARE INC0 citations48
US10417628B2Sep 17, 2019
Multi-interface processing of electronic payment transactions
SQUARE INC0 citations41
BLOCK INC
8 patentsUS11871237B1Jan 9, 2024
Pairing a payment object reader with a point-of-sale terminal
BLOCK INC14 citations84
US12361404B2Jul 15, 2025
Preliminary enablement of transaction processing circuitry
BLOCK INC0 citations62
US11861623B2Jan 2, 2024
Technical fallback infrastructure
BLOCK INC0 citations62
US11836695B2Dec 5, 2023
Open ticket payment handling with offline mode
BLOCK INC0 citations62
US12439261B2Oct 7, 2025
Pairing a payment object reader with a point-of-sale terminal
BLOCK INC0 citations61
US12020247B1Jun 25, 2024
Intelligent payment capture in failed authorization requests
BLOCK INC0 citations60
US11481750B2Oct 25, 2022
Pairing a payment object reader with a point-of-sale terminal
BLOCK INC1 citations60
US12207322B2Jan 21, 2025
Server-assisted pairing for wireless communications
BLOCK INC0 citations47