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Toast, Inc.

Toast, Inc. surprisingly shows a significant decline in its core Business Methods & Fintech patents, dropping 44.4% in 2024 and 100.0% in 2025, despite it still representing 85.0% of its portfolio. This shift is accompanied by an emerging focus on Machine Learning & AI, which saw a 50.0% growth in 2024, and a new interest in Input/Output & User Interfaces with 2 patents so far in 2026, suggesting a pivot towards more advanced computational and user experience technologies rather than just fintech innovation.

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Yearly patent publications since 2023

Product themes

Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.

20 US filings (since 2023) · 5 categories · 2 themes

Automated Transaction Systems

Systems designed to streamline and automate various commercial transactions, including mobile-enhanced processes, secure online checkouts, customer service interactions, and privilege issuance, often leveraging digital authentication.

Business Methods & Fintech
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14since 2023
-60.0%YoY
Smart Card Component Integrationfiltered

Focuses on the physical construction and integration of electronic components, such as antennas, IC chips, and display elements, into smart cards or secure documents, often involving multi-layer structures and specialized materials.

Data Recognition (Barcodes, OCR)
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1since 2023
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Patents

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Smart Card Component Integration
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US 11915220 B2GRANTED
G06Q20/20

Point-of-sale terminal for dynamic mode management of multiple card readers

Filed:2021-03-29Pub:2024-02-27
Applicant:Toast, Inc.

An apparatus for dynamic credit card reader mode management is provided, the apparatus including: a point-of sale (POS) terminal, configured to accept employee login credentials via a magnetic stripe card, to display menu items for selection, to add selected menu items to an order, and to accept payment for the order, where the payment may be obtained via swipe, dip, or tap, the POS terminal including: a first card reader, configured to read first provided cards when enabled; a second card reader, configured to read second provided cards when enabled; and a dual reader controller, coupled to the first and second card readers, configured to determine one or more workflow states of the POS terminal, and configured to dynamically control modes of the first and second card readers according to the one or more workflow states.

US 20220309259 A1APPLICATION
G06K7/10

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTEXT-BASED CREDIT CARD READER POWER MANAGEMENT

Filed:2021-03-29Pub:2022-09-29
Applicant:Toast, Inc.

An apparatus for context-based credit card reader management is provided that includes a point-of sale (POS) terminal, configured to accept employee login credentials via a magnetic stripe card, to display menu items for selection, to add selected menu items to an order, and to accept payment for the order, where the payment may be obtained via swipe, dip, or tap. The POS terminal has a card reader and a reader controller. The card reader reads provided cards when fully powered and enabled. The reader controller is coupled to the card reader, and determines one or more workflow states of the POS terminal, and dynamically controls power states of the card reader according to the one or more workflow states.

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