ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,003, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Shopify Inc. (Ottawa).
"Apparatus and method for facilitating NFC transactions within payment slot" was invented by David Waddell (Nelson, Canada) and Michael Joseph DeFazio (Fonthill, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A payment terminal comprising: a slot configured for receiving of a payment card therein; and a near field communications (NFC) circuit comprising at least one antenna, wherein a first antenna of the at least one antenna is located proximate the slot and configured to communicate with an NFC circuit on the payment card when the payment card is disposed in the slot."
The pate...