Finger-activated chip or contactless card
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorsBryant Yee, Tyler Maiman, Kevin Osborn
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Abstract
In some implementations, an integrated circuit may receive, from the front-end device and at a communication device embedded in a substrate, an incoming signal indicating a request for information. Accordingly, the integrated circuit may verify that at least one correct contact, of a plurality of contacts on the substrate, has been connected to circuitry embedded in the substrate. Therefore, the integrated circuit may transmit, to the front-end device and using the communication device, an outgoing signal responding to the request for information based on verifying that the at least one correct contact has been connected.
Claims9
A card for communicating with a front-end device, the card comprising:
- a substrate;
- a communication device at least partially embedded in the substrate and configured to communicate with the front-end device,
- wherein the communication device includes a contact pad,
- wherein the contact pad receives electrical signals from the front-end device;
- circuitry configured to process an incoming signal from the communication device and to transmit an outgoing signal to the communication device;
- and
- a plurality of contacts on the substrate, wherein two or more contacts, of the plurality of contacts, are connected to the circuitry and are configured to activate the circuitry,
- wherein the two or more contacts are positioned between the contact pad and the circuitry;
- and
- a dummy contact on the substrate,
- wherein the dummy contact does not have an electrical or physical connection to the circuitry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.