Card reader, smart card and method for processing a transaction
AssigneeMastercard International Incorporated
InventorCédric Colnot
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Abstract
A card reader for reading a smart card, including an antenna for making a wireless connection with a smart card. The card reader further includes a card detector, for determining a location of the smart card relative to the antenna. The card reader has a processor configured to provide communication with the smart card and to allow or provide a first wireless communication when the card is determined to be at a first location of the card reader and to provide a second wireless communication when the card is determined to be at a second, different, location of the card reader.
Claims20
A smart card, comprising:
- a card sensor configured to receive a signal from a card reader device;
- a processor;
- and
- at least one memory, comprising a plurality of program instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
- determine whether the smart card is disposed within a first communication zone or a second communication zone of the card reader device based on the received signal;
- and
- enable a wireless communication with the card reader device using a first mode of operation or a second mode of operation based on the determination.
A card reader device, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- at least one memory, comprising a plurality of program instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
- determine whether a smart card is disposed within a first communication zone or a second communication zone of the card reader device;
- enable a first wireless communication with the smart card using a first mode of operation based on a determination that the smart card is disposed within the first communication zone;
- and
- enable a second wireless communication with the smart card using a second mode of operation based on a determination that the smart card is disposed within the second communication zone.
A system, comprising:
- a card reader device, comprising:
- a first processor;
- at least a first memory, comprising a plurality of program instructions which, when executed by the first processor, causes the first processor to:
- determine whether a smart card is disposed within a first communication zone or a second communication zone of the card reader device;
- enable a first wireless communication with the smart card using a first mode of operation based on a determination that the smart card is disposed within the first communication zone;
- and
- enable a second wireless communication with the smart card using a second mode of operation based on a determination that the smart card is disposed within the second communication zone;
- and
- a signal emitter, wherein the signal emitter is configured to generate a signal when the smart card is disposed within the first communication zone;
- and
- the smart card, comprising:
- a card sensor configured to receive the signal from the signal emitter;
- a second processor;
- and
- at least a second memory, comprising a plurality of program instructions which, when executed by the second processor, causes the second processor to:
- determine whether the smart card is disposed within the first communication zone or the second communication zone based on the received signal;
- and
- enable the first wireless communication or the second wireless communication with the card reader device based on the determination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.