AU2011340660A1 - Modular interface contained in an electronic payment terminal, with articulation of a cover by translation and rotation. - Google Patents

Modular interface contained in an electronic payment terminal, with articulation of a cover by translation and rotation. Download PDF

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AU2011340660A1
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Sylvain Barneron
Olivier Yernaux
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
    • G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
    • G07F7/0873—Details of the card reader
    • G07F7/088—Details of the card reader the card reader being part of the point of sale [POS] terminal or electronic cash register [ECR] itself
    • G07F7/0886—Details of the card reader the card reader being part of the point of sale [POS] terminal or electronic cash register [ECR] itself the card reader being portable for interacting with a POS or ECR in realizing a payment transaction
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07G—REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
    • G07G1/00—Cash registers
    • G07G1/0018—Constructional details, e.g. of drawer, printing means, input means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72403—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
    • H04M1/72409—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality by interfacing with external accessories
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72403—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
    • H04M1/72409—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality by interfacing with external accessories
    • H04M1/724092—Interfacing with an external cover providing additional functionalities
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/0202—Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
    • H04M1/0254—Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets comprising one or a plurality of mechanically detachable modules
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/04—Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers

Abstract

There is proposed a modular interface for pairing a payment device with a communication terminal (30) so as to form a payment terminal. This modular interface comprises: a support forming a hood (60-2), intended to be securely mounted on a pairing face of the payment device and defining a housing for the communication terminal; and a cover (60-3), that can take a closed position, in which it closes the housing and holds the communication terminal if it was previously inserted into the housing, and an open position, in which it makes it possible to insert into or extract from the housing the communication terminal. The cover and the support comprise means of articulation allowing the cover to pass: a) through a translation movement with respect to the support, from the closed position to an intermediate position, and vice versa; in the intermediate position the cover not holding the communication terminal, if it was previously inserted into the housing, but preventing it from coming out of the housing completely; and b) through a rotation movement (82) with respect to the support, from the intermediate position to the open position, and vice versa.

Description

1 Modular interface included in an electronic payment terminal, with hinging of a lid by translation and rotation 1. Field of the invention The present invention pertains to the field of electronic payment terminals. More 5 particularly, the present invention pertains to a modular interface included in a novel type of electronic payment terminal which can be paired 2. Prior art At present, payment terminals are used mostly to enable payment for purchases of goods and services at sales points. These terminals generally include a smaitcard reader and a magnetic 10 card reader. They also have a screen used especially to view the amounts involved in the transactions and a keypad for entering these amounts as well as confidential codes, entered by the customers, or else they have a touch-sensitive screen. The most recent terminals are connected to cash registers and/or to computers by means of communications networks. Such connections can be wire connections, for example of the 15 Ethernet type, or wireless connections. These connections are used for example to link up to an authentication server or to a bank server in order to obtain an authorization of debit. In order to be able to communicate with the exterior and especially with bank servers, the terminal payments therefore use connection means. One of these means consists of the use of a wireless communications network, for example GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) network. 20 The payment terminal is then provided with a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card. This is a chip containing a microcontroller and memory. This SIM card is associated with a telephone subscription (of the data transmission type) which must be paid for by the merchant. Apart from the fact that this type of subscription is relatively costly, the performance of communications functions is assigned to the payment terminal. Thus, in addition to the payment functions, the 25 terminal must manage communications functions which are not the functions naturally expected of a payment terminal. To mitigate the problem of subscription costs associated with the GPRS communication in particular, novel types of payments terminals communicate by means of a WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) type of network for example. The merchant then is no longer obliged to take out a 30 particular subscription. The payment terminal can link up to the merchant's WiFi network and access the bank servers in the same way as in the wire connection. However, the use of the payment terminal is then limited to the coverage zone of the WiFi network, which is not suited to nomadic use (for example for a doctor visiting his patients).
2 There is therefore a need to propose a payment terminal that can be used by nomadic merchants, hence through the use of a GPRS/UMTS type wireless communications network and, at the same time, to reduce the costs of using such a payment terminal to the minimum. 3. Summary of the invention 5 The invention does not have these prior-art drawbacks. The invention pertains more particularly to a payment terminal that takes the form of a payment device that is physically paired with a communications terminal. More particularly, the communications terminal with which the payment device is paired is a mobile telephone or a smartphone, i.e. a mobile phone having the functions of a personal digital assistant (PDA). Thus, the invention makes it possible 10 to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art and especially makes it possible to avoid having recourse to a dedicated telephone line in order to set up a connection with the communications network and with servers such as authorization servers or bank servers. Besides, the fact of pairing of the payment device with the communications terminal makes it appropriate to secure this pairing in order to prevent the communications terminal from 15 being separated in untimely fashion from the payment device (for example if the payment terminal should fall to the ground) and from causing a malfunctioning of the payment terminal. In one particular embodiment of the invention, a modular interface is proposed for pairing a payment device with a communications terminal to form a payment terminal. This modular interface comprises: 20 - a case-forming support intended to be mounted so as to be fixedly attached to a pairing face of the payment device and defining a housing for the communications terminal; and - a lid capable of taking a closed position in which it closes the housing and holds the communications terminal if it has been preliminarily inserted into the housing, and an open position in which it enables the communications terminal to be inserted into or 25 removed from the housing. The lid and the support comprise hinging means enabling the lid to pass: - by a motion of translation relative to the support, from the closed position to an intermediate position, and vice versa; the lid not holding the communications terminal in the intermediate position if it has been preliminarily inserted into the housing but 30 preventing it from coming entirely out of the housing; and - by a motion of rotation relative to the support, from the intermediate position to the open position, and vice versa. The general principle of the invention therefore consists in securing the pairing of the payment device with the communications terminal by means of a holding mechanism comprising 35 a (case-forming) support on which there a lid is hinged according to a special kinematic 3 functioning which cannot take place in the event of an accident (for example if the payment terminal falls on the ground or suffers an impact). Indeed, this kinematic functioning is based on a succession of two motions of the lid relative to the support, namely: - for the removal from the communications terminal, a motion of translation (passage from 5 the closed position to the intermediate position) followed by a motion of rotation (passage from the intermediate position to the open position); and - for the insertion of the communications terminal, a motion of rotation (passage from the open position to the intermediate position) followed by a motion of translation (passage from the intermediate position to the closed position). to According to one particular aspect of the invention, the hinging means comprise: - two slots, each formed in an arm of the support, each slot comprising a rectilinear part and ending with a circular part; and - two pins each extending from an arm of the lid, each pin having a circular shape with two flat sides. 15 Each of the pins cooperates with one of the slots in sliding in the rectilinear part of said slot, during the motion of translation, and in rotating inside the circular part of said slot, during the motion of rotation. The circular part of the slots makes it possible to obtain the motion of rotation (by cooperation with the circular part of the pins) without any risk of breakage of the hinging means. 20 According to one particular characteristic, the modular interface comprises two elastic elements each comprising a first end fixed to an arm of the lid and a second free hook-forming end cooperating with a blocking element and a cavity formed in the support of said pairing face of the payment device, said second end sliding on the blocking element to get housed in the cavity when the lid passes from the intermediate position to the closed position. 25 Thus, at the end of the motion of translation, to reach the closed position, the user has an information feedback (a hard point is felt at the passage of the blocking element) informing him that the lid is truly closed. In another embodiment of the invention, a payment terminal is proposed comprising a payment device and a modular interface as mentioned here above, especially used to pair the 30 payment device with a communications terminal. 4. List of figures Other features and advantages of the invention shall appear more clearly from the following description of a particular embodiment given by way of a simple illustratory and non exhaustive example and from the appended figures, of which: 4 - Figures 1A to 1D illustrate an example of a payment terminal according to a first configuration comprising a payment device, a communications terminal and a modular interface (comprising a case-forming support); - Figure 2 presents an exploded view of the payment device and of the modular interface 5 appearing in figure IC; - Figures 3 and 4 illustrate a particular embodiment of a case-forming support included in the modular interface appearing in figure 2; - Figures 5 and 6 illustrate a particular embodiment of a lid of the case-forming support included in the modular interface appearing in figure 2; 10 - Figures 7 to 9 illustrate the kinematic functioning of the hinging of the lid illustrated in figures 5 and 6, with the case-forming support illustrated in figures 3 and 4 for the removal of the communications terminal; - Figure 10 illustrates a connection card included in the modular interface appearing in figure 2; 15 - Figures 11 and 12 illustrate the joining of the connection card illustrated in figure 10 with the case-forming support and the payment device; - Figures 13 and 14 illustrate an example of a payment terminal according to a second configuration comprising a payment device and a modular interface (comprising a hood forming support). 20 5. Description of one embodiment of the invention The general principle of the invention relies on the physical pairing of a payment device with a communications terminal such as a smartphone to form a payment terminal according to a first configuration. Thus, the invention makes it possible to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art and 25 especially makes it possible not to have recourse to a dedicated telephone line in order to set up a connection with the communications network and with the servers such as authorization servers or bank servers. More particularly, in a first configuration, the payment device is physically paired with the communications terminal by means of a particular pairing structure called a modular 30 interface. When it is used, this modular interface is fixed to a rear face of the payment device (also called a pairing face). This structure can be dismantled according to one particular embodiment of the invention by applying a particular mode of kinematic functioning. This modular interface according to the invention enables the insertion and retaining of the communications terminal in a housing planned for this purpose. Among the elements of this 5 modular interface, according to the invention, it is possible to distinguish particularly an electronic connection card by which a physical connection can be set up between the payment device and the communications terminal. This modular interface comprises other elements which, according to the invention, 5 enable secure use of the payment terminal formed by the payment device and the communications terminal. More particularly, one example of a payment terminal according to a first configuration is described with reference to figures lA to ID and 2. The payment terminal (10) comprises two general components constituted by the 10 payment device (20) and the communications terminal (30) and paired by means of a modular interface (60). Figure lA shows a view in perspective of the payment terminal (10), with the communications terminal (30), of which the front face is visible, on top. Figure 1 B presents a view in perspective of the payment terminal (10), with the payment device (20), of which the 15 front face is visible, on top. Figure 1 C presents a view in perspective of the payment device (20) and the modular interface (60) without the communications terminal (30). Figure 2 shows an exploded view of the payment device and the modular interface appearing in figure IC. Figure ID shows a view in perspective of the payment device (20) with the rear face (pairing face) (22) on top. 20 As illustrated in one illustratory and non-exhaustive embodiment of the invention, the payment device (20) comprises a front face, visible in figure lB, having a keypad for entering information (21-1) and a screen (21-2) for viewing the entered information. The payment device comprises, on its rear face, visible in figure ID, a surface (22) (also called a pairing face) enabling the attachment of the modular interface (60) for the pairing of the communications 25 terminal (30). More particularly, in this first configuration, the modular interface defines a housing (60 1) for inserting and pairing the communications terminal (30). This housing (60-1) is open to enable direct access to the front face of the communications terminal (30) (and therefore especially to the screen and to the browsing button present on this front face). 30 More specifically, the modular interface (60) comprises: - a case-forming support (60-2) that is intended to be mounted so as to be fixedly attached to the pairing face (22) of the payment device (20) and defines the above-mentioned housing (60-1) for the communications terminal (30); 6 - a lid (60-3) cooperating by hinging with the support (60-2), and capable of taking a closed position, in which it closes the above-mentioned housing (60-1) and holds the communications terminal (30) if it has preliminarily been inserted into the housing, and an open position in which it enables the communications terminal to be inserted into the 5 housing or removed from it; - a battery cover (60-4) used to close a main battery housing (215) formed in the pairing face (22) of the payment device (20), via an aperture (60-41) formed in the case-forming support (60-2); and - an electronic connection card (60-5) (see here below the discussion of figures 10 to 12). 10 If the payment device (20) is to be used with different types of communications terminals, it is enough to have available several modular interfaces each adapted to one of the different types of communications terminals. Figures 2 and 4, present a plurality of detachable means for attaching the modular interface (60) (and more specifically the support (60-2)) to the pairing face (22) of the payment 15 device (20), in one particular embodiment. Among these means for attaching, it is possible to distinguish two sets of attachment elements. A first set of attachment elements comprises at least one pair of first attachment elements. The fixed attachment of one of these elements, included in the support, with the other element, 20 included in the payment device, is achieved by a motion of translation of the support relative to the payment device. This first set of attachment elements enables a locking of the support relative to the payment device in five of the six possible degrees of freedom (the sixth degree of freedom, which is not locked, is the degree of freedom along the above-mentioned axis of translation). 25 A second set of attachment elements comprises at least one pair of second attachment elements. The fixed attachment of one of these elements, included in the modular interface, with the other element, included in the payment device, prevents a motion of inverse translation (relative to that mentioned here above) of the support relative to the payment device. This second set of attachment elements enables a locking of the support relative to the payment device in the 30 sixth degree of freedom not locked by the first set of attachment elements. The attachment elements included in each of these first and second sets are now presented in detail in one example of an embodiment. The first set comprises eight "stop/catch" pairs (this number of pairs is not exhaustive) distributed on the two lengths of the pairing face of the payment device. Each stop (23a to 23d, 7 24a to 24d) has a shoulder and extends from the pairing face of the payment device. Each catch (60-23a to 60-23d, 60-24a to 60-24d) is situated on the attachment face of the support and is intended to get fitted into the shoulder of the associated stop at the end of the motion of translation of the support relative to the payment device. 5 The first set also has three "aperture/ L-shaped-tab" pairs (this number of pairs is not exhaustive). Each aperture (26, 27, 29) is formed in the pairing face of the payment device. Each L-shaped tab (60-26, 60-27, 60-29) extends from the support attachment face and is intended to get fitted into the associated aperture the end of the motion of translation of the support relative to the payment device. 10 The second set comprises a "clip/aperture" pair (this number of pairs is not exhaustive). The clip (28) extends from the pairing face of the payment device and comprises a strip having a strain tolerance, The aperture (60-28) is formed on the attachment face of the support and is intended for receiving the clip at the end of the motion of translation of the support relative to the payment device. 15 The second set also has a "thread/hole" pair cooperating with a screw. The thread (25) is formed in the pairing face of the payment device. The hole (60-25) is formed in the support. The hole faces the thread at the end of the motion of translation of the support relative to the payment device. The screw (not shown) passes through the hole and is screwed into the thread. This makes it possible to prevent the motion of reverse translation of the support relative to the 20 payment device. Optionally, the payment terminal (10) comprises means (not shown) for triggering an alarm upon the detection of an unscrewing of the screw. These means include for example a metal strip coming into electrical contact with a terminal at a predetermined voltage, under the pressure of the end of the screw when it is screwed into the thread. This strip, which forms a 25 sensor, is for example connected to a processor included in a motherboard of the payment device. From the value of the voltage at which the strip is situated, the processor deduces that the screw is screwed in or unscrewed and can take a decision to trigger an alarm. In one variant (not shown), the support has a battery housing which can house a main battery of the payment device, and the hole formed in the support is formed in an internal face of 30 this battery housing. Thus, an attacker is forced to disconnect the main battery of the payment device in order to be able to detach the case-forming support (60-2) from the payment device (20). Optionally, in this variant, the payment terminal (10) comprises means (not shown) for triggering an alarm upon detection of a disconnection of the main battery. These means include for example a processor included in a motherboard of the payment device. This processor is 8 capable of detecting an absence of power coming from the main battery and can take a decision to trigger an alarm. In the example illustrated in the figures, the second set also has a "main battery housing/aperture" pair cooperating with a battery cover. The main battery housing (215) is 5 formed in the pairing face of the payment device. The aperture (60-41) is formed in the support. The battery cover (60-4) is placed so that, after the motion of translation of the support relative to the payment device, it closes the main battery housing through the aperture (60-41). The battery cover then forms a stop for the edge of the support surrounding the aperture (60-41), thus preventing the motion of reverse translation of the support relative to the payment device. 10 Optionally, the payment terminal (10) comprises means (not shown) for triggering an alarm upon detection of an opening of the battery cover. These means comprise for example a metal strip coming into electrical contact with a terminal at a predetermined voltage when the main battery is inserted into its housing. This strip, which forms a sensor, is connected for example to a processor included on a motherboard of the payment device. From the value of the 15 voltage at which the strip is situated, the processor deduces whether the battery cover is open or closed and can take a decision to trigger an alarm. In one variant (not shown), the second set comprises a "main battery/aperture" pair. The detachable main battery can get housed in a main battery housing of the payment device. The aperture (60-41) is formed in the support. The main battery is placed in the main battery housing 20 after the motion of translation of the support relative to the payment device. The battery then forms a stop, thus preventing the motion of reverse translation of the support relative to the payment device. Optionally, in this variant, the payment terminal (10) comprises means (not shown) for triggering an alarm upon detection of a disconnection of the main battery. One example of an embodiment of such means has already been given here above (processor capable 25 of detecting an absence of power supply from the main battery and capable of taking a decision to trigger an alarm). Figures 7 to 9 present the kinematic functioning of the hinging of the lid (60-3) with the case-forming support (60-2) for removing the communications terminal (30). It is assumed therefore that the communications terminal (30) is inserted into the housing 30 (60-1, figure IC) defined by the case-forming support (60-2) and that the lid (60-3) is in a closed position, as illustrated in figure IA. In this closed position, the lid (60-3) closes the housing and holds the communications terminal therein. In a first step, the lid (60-3) passes from the closed position to an intermediate position (illustrated in figure 7) by a motion of translation relative to the case-forming support (60-2). In 9 figure 7, this motion of translation is symbolized by the arrow referenced 81. In the intermediate position, the lid does not hold the communications terminal (this terminal can shift in translation in the housing) but prevents it from coming out entirely from the housing. In a second step, the lid (60-3) passes from the intermediate position to an open position 5 (illustrated in figure 8) by a motion of rotation relative to the case-forming support (60-2). In figure 8, this motion of rotation is symbolized by the arrow referenced 82. Since the lid is in the open position, the communications terminal (30) can be removed from its housing, as illustrated in figure 9. For the insertion of the communications terminal (30) into the housing of the case 10 forming support (60-2), the kinematic functioning of the hinging of the lid (60-3) is obtained by reversing the order of the above-mentioned steps: with the lid in the open position, the communications terminal (30) can get inserted into its housing, and then the lid (60-3) passes from the open position to the intermediate position and finally the lid (60-3) passes from the intermediate position to the closed position. 15 Figures 3, 5 and 6 present an example of an embodiment of the hinging means used to apply the kinematics of removal and insertion described here above. As illustrated in figure 3, the case-forming support (60-2) defines three (60-22a, 60-22b and 60-22c) of the four sides of the housing (60-1) for the communications terminal (the fourth side of the housing being defined by the lid (60-3)). At the end of each of the two sides (60-22a, 20 60-22b) of the case-forming support (60-2) which cooperates with the lid (60-3), the case forming support (60-2) comprises an arm (60-210a, 60-210b) possessing a slot (60-21a, 60-21b). Each slot has a rectilinear part and ends in a circular part. As illustrated in figure 6, the lid (60-3) comprises two arms (60-36a, 60-36b) from each of which there extends a pin (60-35) having a circular shape with two flat sides. The lid also has 25 a button (60-34) used to press the on/off button of the communications terminal when it is inserted into the housing of the modular interface. Each of the pins (60-35) cooperates with one of the slots (60-21a, 60-21b) in sliding in the rectilinear part of the slot, during the motion of translation, and in rotating inside the circular part of the slot, during the motion of rotation. 30 Referring now to figure 5, we present an example of an embodiment of means to hold the lid (60-3) in the closed position. The modular interface has two elastic elements (60-37), for example two springs having one turn wound around a pad (60-33) of the lid. Each elastic element comprises a first end (60-31) fixed to an arm (60-36a) of the lid and a second free hook forming end (60-32) cooperating with a blocking element (dual-sloped protrusion) (210) and a IU cavity (211) formed in the pairing face of the payment device (or in the support, in one alternative embodiment). When the lid passes from the intermediate position to the closed position, the second end (60-32) of the spring (60-37) slides on the blocking element (210) to get housed in the cavity (211). 5

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1. Modular interface for pairing a payment device (20) with a communications terminal (30) to form a payment terminal (10), characterized in that it comprises: - a case-forming support (60-2), intended to be mounted so as to be fixedly attached to a 5 pairing face of the payment device and defining a housing (60-1) for the communications terminal; and - a lid (60-3) capable of taking a closed position in which it closes the housing and holds the communications terminal if it has been preliminarily inserted into the housing, and an open position in which it enables the communications terminal to be inserted into or 10 removed from the housing. characterized in that the lid and the support comprise hinging means 60-21 a, 60-21 b, 60 37, 60-35) enabling the lid to pass: - by a motion of translation relative to the support, from the closed position to an intermediate position, and vice versa; the lid not holding the communications terminal in 15 the intermediate position if it has been preliminarily inserted into the housing but preventing it from coming entirely out of the housing; and - by a motion of rotation relative to the support, from the intermediate position to the open position, and vice versa.
2. Modular interface according to claim 1, characterized in that the hinging means comprise: 20 - two slots (60-21 a, 60-21b), each formed in an arm of the support, each slot comprising a rectilinear part and ending with a circular part; and - two pins (60-35) each extending from an arm of the lid, each pin having a circular shape with two flat sides. and in that each of the pins cooperates with one of the slots in sliding in the rectilinear part of 25 said slot, during the motion of translation, and in rotating inside the circular part of said slot, during the motion of rotation.
3. Modular interface according to any one of the claims 1 and 2, characterized in that it comprises two elastic elements (60-37) each comprising a first end fixed to an arm of the lid and a second free hook-forming end cooperating with a blocking element (210) and a cavity (211) 30 formed in the support of said pairing face of the payment device, said second end sliding on the blocking element to get housed in the cavity when the lid passes from the intermediate position to the closed position.
4. Payment terminal (10) comprising a payment device (20) and a modular interface (60) according to any one of the claims 1 to 3, enabling the payment device to be paired with a 12 communications terminal.
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FR1060204A FR2968433B1 (en) 2010-12-07 2010-12-07 ELECTRONIC PAYMENT DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND MAINTAINING A PORTABLE TELEPHONE.
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