Reader device with a plurality of reader interfaces

An apparatus comprising:

• a housing having a slot between a plurality of surfaces of the housing, the plurality of surfaces of the housing including a first surface of the housing and a second surface of the housing;
• at least one detector that detects that a storage medium of a card faces the one of the plurality of surfaces of the housing at a first time while the card is received by the slot;
• and
• a plurality of reader interfaces that includes a first reader interface adjacent to the first surface of the housing and a second reader interface adjacent to the second surface of the housing, wherein one of the plurality of reader interfaces that is adjacent to the one of the plurality of surfaces of the housing reads information from the storage medium of the card at a second time while the card is received by the slot with the storage medium facing the one of the plurality of surfaces of the housing, wherein the first time is before the second time, and wherein the one of the plurality of reader interfaces prepares to read the information from the storage medium in response to the at least one detector detecting that the storage medium of the card faces the one of the plurality of surfaces.

A method comprising:

• receiving a card into a slot between a plurality of surfaces of a housing of a device, the plurality of surfaces of the housing including a first surface of the housing and a second surface of the housing;
• detecting, using at least one detector, that a storage medium of the card faces the one of the plurality of surfaces of the housing at a first time while the card is received by the slot;
• preparing, between the first time and a second time, one of a plurality of reader interfaces to read information from the storage medium in response to the at least one detector detecting that the storage medium of the card is facing the one of the plurality of surfaces, wherein the first time is before the second time;
• and
• reading the information from the storage medium of the card using the one of the plurality of reader interfaces of the device at the second time while the card is received by the slot with the storage medium facing the one of the plurality of surfaces of the housing, the plurality of reader interfaces including a first reader interface adjacent to the first surface of the housing and a second reader interface adjacent to the second surface of the housing.