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William Henderson
Also filed as: HENDERSON III WILLIAM DOUGLAS · HENDERSON WILLIAM
44 granted patents·11 pending applications·1,297 citations·filing 2008–2025
98Inventor score
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55 records- 0198US9576289B2Authorization of cardless payment transactionsSQUARE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 21, 2017·177 cites·29 claims
- 0298US9373112B1Ranking of merchants for cardless payment transactionsSQUARE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 21, 2016·112 cites·32 claims
- 0398US8701997B2Decoding systems with a decoding engine running on a mobile device and using financial transaction card information to create a send funds application on the mobile deviceSQUARE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 22, 2014·73 cites·20 claims
- 0498US8612352B2Decoding systems with a decoding engine running on a mobile device and coupled to a payment system that includes identifying information of second parties qualified to conduct business with the payment systemSQUARE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 17, 2013·77 cites·19 claims
- 0597US8701996B2Cost effective card reader and methods to be configured to be coupled to a mobile deviceSQUARE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 22, 2014·58 cites·20 claims
- 0697US8678277B2Decoding system coupled to a payment system that includes a cryptographic keySQUARE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 25, 2014·59 cites·20 claims
- 0797US8640953B2Decoding system running on a mobile device and coupled to a payment system that includes at least one of, a user database, a product database and a transaction databaseSQUARE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 4, 2014·60 cites·21 claims
- 0897US8602305B2Decoding systems with a decoding engine running on a mobile device configured to be coupled and decoupled to a card reader with wake-up electronicsSQUARE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 10, 2013·57 cites·20 claims
- 0997US8573489B2Decoding systems with a decoding engine running on a mobile device with a touch screenDORSEY JACK·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 5, 2013·57 cites·20 claims
- 1097US8571989B2Decoding systems with a decoding engine running on a mobile device and coupled to a social networkSQUARE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 29, 2013·62 cites·20 claims
- 1196US10185958B2Cardless payment transactionsSQUARE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 22, 2019·21 cites·47 claims
- 1296US9135618B1Decoding systems with a decoding engine running on a mobile device and using financial transaction card information to create a send funds application on the mobile deviceSQUARE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 15, 2015·34 cites·20 claims
- 1396US8662389B2Payment methods with a payment service and tabs selected by a first party and opened by a second party at any geographic location of the first party's mobile deviceDORSEY JACK·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 4, 2014·65 cites·25 claims
- 1496US8615445B2Method for conducting financial transactionsDORSEY JACK·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 24, 2013·126 cites·14 claims
- 1595US11238451B1Authorization of cardless payment transactionsSQUARE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Feb 1, 2022·3 cites·20 claims
- 1695US10229412B1Using card present transaction data to generate payment transaction accountSQUARE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 12, 2019·11 cites·17 claims
- 1795US9351114B2Generating geofencesSQUARE INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 24, 2016·43 cites·21 claims
- 1894US9633352B2Authorization of cardless payment transactionsSQUARE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 25, 2017·15 cites·24 claims
- 1994US9589269B2Cardless payment transactionsSQUARE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 7, 2017·19 cites·34 claims
- 2094US8965406B2Generating geofencesHENDERSON WILLIAM·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 24, 2015·35 cites·12 claims
- 2193US9805366B1Associating payment information from a payment transaction with a user accountSQUARE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 31, 2017·28 cites·20 claims
- 2292US11282087B2Using transaction data from first transaction for second transactionBLOCK INC·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 22, 2022·2 cites·22 claims
- 2392US9741045B1Ranking of merchants for cardless payment transactionsSQUARE INC·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 22, 2017·15 cites·41 claims
- 2491US11854010B2Authorization of cardless payment transactionsBLOCK INC·Filed 2021·Granted Dec 26, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
- 2590US10592903B2Authorization of cardless payment transactionsSQUARE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 17, 2020·3 cites·21 claims
- 2690US9824350B2Decoding systems with a decoding engine running on a mobile device and coupled to a payment systemSQUARE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 21, 2017·8 cites·14 claims
- 2790US2025117803A1Presentation of multiple cards in a wallet user interfaceBLOCK INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2890US2025117805A1Personalization of a payment instrumentBLOCK INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2990US2025117804A1Presenting relevance ranking based on locationBLOCK INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3089US10984414B1Associating payment information from a payment transaction with a user accountSQUARE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 20, 2021·6 cites·20 claims
- 3189US10783531B2Cardless payment transactions based on geographic locations of user devicesSQUARE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 22, 2020·4 cites·23 claims
- 3289US9922321B2Proxy for multiple payment mechanismsSQUARE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 20, 2018·11 cites·27 claims
- 3389US8180063B2Audio signal processing system for live music performanceHENDERSON WILLIAM·Filed 2008·Granted May 15, 2012·25 cites·4 claims
- 3488US10643200B2Point of sale systemSQUARE INC·Filed 2017·Granted May 5, 2020·3 cites·19 claims
- 3588US9436955B2Methods for transferring funds using a payment service where financial account information is only entered once with a payment service and need not be re-entered for future transfersDORSEY JACK·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 6, 2016·10 cites·20 claims
- 3687US12236429B2Authorization of cardless payment transactionsBLOCK INC·Filed 2023·Granted Feb 25, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3786US2024135385A1Transaction processing using optically encoded informationBLOCK INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3885US9619797B2Payment methods with a payment service and tabs selected by a first party and opened by a second party at an geographic location of the first party's mobile deviceDORSEY JACK·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 11, 2017·6 cites·24 claims
- 3983US11449854B1Establishing consent for cardless transactions using short-range transmissionBLOCK INC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 20, 2022·5 cites·8 claims
- 4081US9495677B2Decoding systems with a decoding engine running on a mobile device and coupled to a payment system that includes identifying information of second parties qualified to conduct business with the payment systemSQUARE INC·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 15, 2016·2 cites·18 claims
- 4179US11900388B2Transaction processing using optically encoded informationBLOCK INC·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 13, 2024·0 cites·24 claims
- 4278US2025165975A1Authorization of cardless payment transactionsBLOCK INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4374US10817881B2Using transaction data from first transaction for second transactionSQUARE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 27, 2020·0 cites·18 claims
- 4473US11348117B2Gift card managementBLOCK INC·Filed 2020·Granted May 31, 2022·0 cites·25 claims
- 4573US9961491B1Generating geofencesSQUARE INC·Filed 2016·Granted May 1, 2018·1 cites·18 claims
- 4673US9454866B2Method of conducting financial transactions where a payer's financial account information is entered only once with a payment systemDORSEY JACK·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 27, 2016·1 cites·26 claims
- 4767US10759499B1Cockpit covering system and method for skiffsHENDERSON III WILLIAM DOUGLAS·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 1, 2020·1 cites·18 claims
- 4865US2023027002A1Establishing consent for cardless transactions using short-range transmissionBLOCK INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 4963US10179629B1Cockpit covering system and method for skiffsHENDERSON III WILLIAM DOUGLAS·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 15, 2019·1 cites·35 claims
- 5057US10820138B2Generating geofencesSQUARE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 27, 2020·0 cites·12 claims
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