Patent Application Number: 2009200139
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Prior Art Detail
Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | A patent application publication of an electronic transaction card that includes a smart card interface as well as a magnetic stripe. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 20060186209 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | Narendra, Siva G.; Spitzer, Thomas N.; Tadepalli, Prabhakar; Tyfone, Inc. |
| Relevant Pages, Columns, or Lines | Figures 9, 10, 14-19, [0029]-[ |
| URL | http://www.freepatentsonline.co... |
| Filing Date | February 22, 2005 |
| Additional Information | |
Notes / To Do
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Excerpt
Excerpt [0065] FIG. 9 shows an electronic transaction card having a smartcard interface. Electronic transaction card 900 includes electrical contacts 908 and 910. Electrical contacts 908 are similar to electrical contacts 108 (FIG. 1). For example, electrical contacts 908 may be compatible with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device such as intelligent electronic device 102 (FIG. 1). Electrical contacts 910 are arranged to provide the communications interface to a smartcard reader. [0066] In some embodiments, electronic transaction card 900 includes a smartcard interface as well as a stripe to produce the time-varying magnetic field. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the backside of electronic transaction card 900 may include stripe1010. The various electronic transaction cards described herein may include a stripe, a smartcard interface, or a combination thereof. [0067]FIG. 11 shows an adapter in combination with an electronic transaction card. Adapter 1100 is shown having electronic transaction card 900 coupled in a recessed portion on a side having dimension w. In some embodiments, this configuration places electrical contacts 910 at a location expected by smartcard readers. [0068]FIG. 12 shows an adapter having an aperture to receive an electronic transaction card. Adapter 1200 includes aperture1210 to receive an electronic transaction card. In some embodiments, aperture 1210 passes completely through adapter 1200, and in other embodiments, aperture 1210 is a recessed portion on the face of adapter 1200. Adapter 1200 may receive electronic transaction cards having a stripe, a smartcard interface, or a combination of the two. [0077]FIG. 17 shows a combination electronic transaction card and adapter being swiped through a magnetic card reader. Adapter 1710 and electronic transaction card 1720 are shown being swiped through magnetic card reader 1730. Electronic transaction card 1720 maybe any of the electronic transaction card embodiments described herein. For example, electronic transaction card 1720 may include a stripe, a smartcard interface, or a combination of the two. Although adapter 1710 is shown as an adapter having a recessed portion on one side, the combination adapter/card in FIG. 17 represents any of the adapter/card combinations described herein. For example, adapter 1710 may be any of adapters 600 (FIGS. 6, 7), adapter 800 (FIG. 8), adapter 1100 (FIG. 11), adapter 1200 (FIG. 12), adapter 1300 (FIG. 13), or adapter 1500 (FIG. 15). |
Relevance
Claims
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A method of processing a user data card comprising: determining that a user data card comprising a non-compatible smart card has been entered into a card reader; obtaining a user identifier from a magnetic stripe of the user data card; and processing the user identifier to obtain data from a user record to enable further processing in respect of the user data card.
| Relevance | See the Excerpt for [0065] - [0068] and [0077]. |
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