Patents by Inventor Syam Sundar Puranam

Syam Sundar Puranam has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Background communication failover for mobile payments
    Patent number: 10037521
    Abstract: A mobile point-of-sale terminal includes a payment card reader having a card interface configured to read data from a payment card and transmit the payment card data, along with other transaction information, via a non-internet communication channel to a payment processing system to process the point-of-sale transaction. The mobile point-of-sale terminal may be configured to run a register application configured to receive transaction information, including payment card information from the payment card reader, determine whether an internet connection is available, and, if an internet connection is not available, transmit the transaction information to the payment processing system using a non-internet communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Abraham Botros, Syam Sundar Puranam, Anjan Kumar B. Karanam, Jonathan Andrew Wolter, Rong Xu, Dennis Webb, Jr.