Credit, security, debit cards and the like with buttons
OwnerJeffrey David Mullen, Will Reutzelinventors
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Abstract
A card is provided, such as a credit card or security card, that may transmit information to a magnetic stripe reader via a magnetic emulator. The emulator may transmit the information in order to reduce the amount of circuitry needed to emulate a particular block of information. Additionally, for example, one or more buttons may be included on the card. Buttons may be includes, for example, to provide a control interface to navigate through various options of the card. Additionally, coding schemes may be selected via buttons. Furthermore, a card may be locked until a private number is entered into a card or a number may only be generated (e.g., displayed and/or emulated) once a particular private number is entered into a card.
Claims15
A card comprising:
- a plurality of buttons;
- a dynamic magnetic communications device operable to communicate at least one track of magnetic stripe information to a read head of a magnetic stripe reader of a payment terminal, the dynamics communication device being fabricated on a first printed circuit board;
- RFID circuitry operable to communicate with RFID circuitry of a payment terminal;
- processing circuitry that generates a dynamic credit card number upon successful entry of a stored PIN number;
- and
- a display that displays said dynamics credit card number, wherein said card is operable to transmit said dynamic credit card number to said payment terminal through at least one of said dynamic magnetic communications device and said RFID circuitry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.