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US 2017/0249631 A1Published application
Methods and Apparatus for Enabling Secure Network-Based Transactions
AssigneeOHVA, Inc.
InventorsVincent Cedric Colnot, Ty Fellers
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Abstract
A card reader has an input interface for accepting output from an output interface of transaction card, and a tip-ring pin as an integral part of the card reader, adapted to plug into a microphone port of a cellular telephone. The input interface accepts data from the transaction card, and provides that data to the tip-ring pin as an analog, variable-voltage signal.
Claims5
A card reader, comprising:
- an input interface for accepting output from an output interface of transaction card;
- and
- a tip-ring pin as an integral part of the card reader, adapted to plug into a microphone port of a cellular telephone;
- wherein the input interface accepts data from the transaction card, and provides said data to the tip-ring pin as an analog, variable-voltage signal.
1 more element
A method for providing data from a transaction card to a cellular telephone, comprising:
- inserting a tip-ring as an integral part of a card reader having an input interface enabled to accept data from the transaction card, into a microphone port of the cellular telephone;
- accepting the data from the transaction card at the input interface of the card reader;
- and
- passing the data to the cellular telephone via the tip-ring through the microphone port, as an analog, variable-voltage signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.