US 10,824,698 B2Granted

Multimode smart card system with embedded USB connectivity

AssigneeCardlogix

InventorBruce Ross

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Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to conduct transactions using a Multi-mode Card. A Multi-mode Card may include various components of a Smart Card and be configured to interface directly with a personal electronic device (e.g., a smart phone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, and/or other personal electronic devices) to confirm presence of the Multi-mode Card in an unattended digital transaction, such as for e-commerce and Internet purchases. A transaction system may include a logic device and an interface embedded in or on the Card, a client device such as a personal electronic device, and a server configured to provide a sales interface to a user through the client device. The logic device in the Card may be configured to authorize, encrypt, and/or otherwise facilitate a transaction involving a sale and/or other type of communication between the client device and the server.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A multi-mode card, comprising:

a support layer;
a design layer disposed over at least a portion of the support layer;
a universal serial bus (USB) interface comprising a first circuitry layer formed within the support layer and the design layer and configured to support communication with a personal electronic device;
a contact interface configured to support communication with the personal electronic device;
a contactless interface comprising a second circuitry layer disposed on the support layer and formed within the first circuitry layer and configured to provide an inductive interface to the personal electronic device;
and
a microprocessor embedded within the support layer and the design layer and electrically coupled to the USB interface, the contact interface, and the contactless interface, wherein the contact interface is electrically coupled to the first circuitry layer and to the second circuitry layer using a plurality of contacts disposed on the microprocessor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/613,028Filed 2 Jun 2017 · continuation in part
Priority: 29 Nov 2011
Published: US 2017/0270399 A121 Sep 2017
Granted: 3 Nov 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

G06F 21/123
Restricting unauthorised execution of programs: by using dedicated hardware, e.g. dongles, smart cards, cryptographic processors, global…
G06K 19/07722
Physical layout of the record carrier: the record carrier being multilayered, e.g. laminated sheets
G06K 19/07743
Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier: external electrical contacts
G06Q 20/357
Using cards, e.g. integrated circuit [IC] cards or magnetic cards: cards having a plurality of specified features

Family

Application61/564,588Us provisional application · filed 29 Nov 2011
Application13/689,683Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 29 Nov 2012
Application62/086,275Us provisional application · filed 2 Dec 2014
PCT/US2015/063552Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 2 Dec 2015
US 2017/0270399 A1Pre-grant publication · published 21 Sep 2017
US 11,132,672 B2Related patent
US 2013/0138570 A1Published application
US 10,824,698 B2This patent

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