Method of and apparatus for storing and returning information on a business card
OwnerAbiel Ravivinventor
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Abstract
A method for reading data stored on a magnetic strip on a business card includes the step of mounting the card on a floppy disk carrier that operates in a floppy disk drive of a computer. The floppy disk carrier is inserted into a floppy disk drive of a computer which is then operated so that the read/write head of the floppy disk drive moves relative to the magnetic strip thereby reading the information stored thereon.
Claims18
A method for storing preselected data on a business card comprising the steps of:
- (a) writing said preselected data to a magnetic strip detachably connected to a floppy diskette carrier that operates in a floppy diskette drive of a computer;
- (b) detaching said strip from said carrier;
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- (c) attaching the detached strip to a business card.
A method for storing preselected data on a business card comprising the steps of:
- (a) writing said preselected data to a magnetic strip detachably connected to a floppy diskette carrier that operates in a floppy diskette drive of a computer;
- (b) detaching said strip from said carrier;
- (c) attaching the detached strip to a business card;
- (d) mounting said business card om a simulated floppy diskette so that the magnetic strip is operatively associated with the read/write head cut-out slot in the floppy diskette;
- (e) inserting the simulated floppy diskette into a computer;
- (f) using the read/write head of the floppy diskette drive to read the data on the magnetic strip;
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- (g) translating the card relative to the simulated floppy diskette and thus relative to the read/write head of the floppy diskette drive.
A method for storing preselected data on a business card comprising the steps of:
- (a) writing said preselected data to a magnetic strip detachably connected to a floppy diskette carrier that operates in a floppy diskette drive of a computer;
- (b) detaching said strip from said carrier;
- (c) attaching the detached strip to a business card;
- (d) mounting said business card om a simulated floppy diskette so that the magnetic strip is operatively associated with the read/write head cut-out slot in the floppy diskette;
- (e) inserting the simulated floppy diskette into a computer;
- (f) using the read/write head of the floppy diskette drive to read the data on the magnetic strip;
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- (g) holding the card fixed relative to the simulated floppy diskette and displacing the read/write head of the floppy diskette drive relative to the card.
A method for reading data stored on a magnetic strip on a business card comprising the steps of:
- (a) mounting said card on a floppy diskette carrier that operates in a floppy diskette drive of a computer;
- (b) inserting the floppy diskette carrier into a floppy diskette drive of a computer;
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- (c) operating the computer so that the read head moves relative to the magnetic strip thereby reading the information stored thereon.
A floppy diskette system for a computer having a floppy diskette drive with a read/write head, said system comprising:
- (a) floppy diskette means including a carrier rotatably mounted in a jacket, said floppy diskette means being constructed and arranged for insertion into said floppy diskette drive so that the read/write head is operatively positioned relative to said carrier;
- (b) a magnetic substrate on said carrier;
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- (c) said substrate being constructed and arranged so that the substrate is selectively detachable from the carrier.
A floppy diskette system for a computer having a floppy diskette drive with a read/write head, said system comprising:
- (a) a jacket constructed and arranged for insertion into said floppy diskette drive, having a cut-out portion aligned with the path over which the read/write head is radially displaced when said jacket is mounted in said floppy diskette drive;
- (b) a business card having a linear magnetic strip affixed thereto;
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- (c) means mounting the card on the jacket so that the magnetic strip is operatively related to the read/write head when the jacket is inserted into said floppy disk drive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.