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US 12,197,984 B1Granted
Systems and method for anti-skimming RFID topologies
OwnerJeffrey D. Mulleninventor
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Abstract
A card, such as a payment card, or other device may include an electronics package. The electronics package may include an RFID antenna. The RFID may not be utilized to access data on the card, or other device, until the appropriate manual input is received into the card or other device. Such manual input may take the form of a manual press of a physical button or the manual activation of a virtual button on a touch-screen device (e.g., a touch-screen mobile phone or card).
Claims18
An apparatus, comprising:
- a radio frequency identification (RFID) antenna;
- a mechanical button;
- and
- a device operable to interrupt the ability of the RFID antenna to communicate information when the button is mechanically distorted,
- wherein at least a portion of the device is outside the mechanical button,
- the mechanical button is operable to move the device, and
- a distance between the device and the RFID antenna is based on an amount of mechanical distortion of the mechanical button.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a radio frequency identification (RFID) antenna;
- a mechanical button;
- and
- a device operable to interrupt the ability of the RFID antenna to communicate information when the button is not mechanically distorted,
- wherein at least a portion of the device is outside the mechanical button,
- the mechanical button is operable to move the device, and
- a distance between the device and the RFID antenna is based on an amount of mechanical distortion of the mechanical button.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a radio frequency identification (RFID) antenna;
- a mechanical button;
- and
- a device operable to interrupt the ability of the RFID antenna to communicate information based on distortion of the button, at least a portion of the device being outside the mechanical button.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a radio frequency identification (RFID) antenna;
- a board;
- a mechanical button;
- and
- a device operable to interrupt the ability of the RFID antenna to communicate information based on distortion of the button, the device connected to the board at a connection, wherein the connection is at a distance from the button.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.