Card reader, smart card and method for processing a transaction
AssigneeMastercard International Incorporated
InventorCédric Colnot
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Abstract
A card reader (100) for reading a smart card (200), the card reader (100) comprising: an antenna (160) for making a wireless connection with a smart card; and a card detector, for determining a location of the smart card (200) relative to the antenna (160); and wherein the card reader (100) has a processor (180) configured to provide communication with the smart card and to allow or provide a first wireless communication when the card (200) is determined to be at a first location (110) of the card reader and to provide a second wireless communication when the card is determined to be at a second, different, location (120) of the card reader (100).
Claims15
A card reader device, comprising:
- an antenna for making a wireless connection with a smart card;
- and
- a card detector, for determining a location of the smart card relative to the antenna;
- and
- wherein the card reader has a processor configured to provide communication with the smart card and to allow a first wireless communication when the card is determined to be at a first location of the card reader and to provide a second, different, wireless communication when the card is determined to be at a second, different, location of the card reader.
A method of communication by a smart card, the method comprising:
- receiving a signal from a card reader;
- determining which one of a number of different wireless communication positions relative to the card reader the card is positioned at, using the received signal;
- determining a wireless communication in dependence on the determined position;
- and
- receiving the wireless communication from the card reader.
A method of processing a transaction, the method comprising:
- determining a location of a smart card relative to an antenna of a card reader;
- and
- providing a first wireless communication when the card is determined to be at a first communication zone;
- and
- providing a second wireless communication when the card is determined to be at a second communication zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.