IR transmitter with integral magnetic-stripe ATM type credit card reader and method therefor
AssigneeFCA Corporation
InventorDan Erlin
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Abstract
A television remote control unit including an IR (infra-red) transmitter with integral magnetic stripe ATM type credit card reader and method therefor for transmitting IR signals to a remote interactive location such as a television set or a TV cable remote control box. The remote control unit permits the user to swipe a credit card through the credit card reader so as to generate credit card transaction signals for transmission to the remote interactive locations. The remote control unit can be used in an interactive environment such as a hotel casino, a cable TV home shopping network, or an off track betting (OTB) environment.
Claims8
A television remote control unit for transmitting IR (infra-red) signals to an interactive location such as a television set top box, said remote control unit comprising:
- an integral magnetic stripe financial ATM transaction type card reader for reading ATM type financial card information from a magnetic stripe of an ATM type card swiped through said reader to form read ATM card information;
- a keypad for entering ATM transaction information for a particular ATM card transaction and for entering ATM card identification information relating to a specific personal identification number (PIN) to form PIN information;
- receiver means for receiving a personal encryption key (PEK) from said interactive location to code said PIN information thereby forming coded PIN information;
- a processor for processing said ATM transaction information and said coded PIN information to form IR ATM card transaction signals;
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- an IR transmitter means for transmitting said IR ATM card transaction signals to said interactive location.
In a financial transaction card interactive network including a television remote control unit for transmitting IR (infra-red) signals to an interactive location such as a television set top box, said remote control unit including an integral magnetic-stripe financial ATM transaction type card reader, the method comprising the steps of:
- reading ATM type financial card information from a magnetic stripe of an ATM type card swiped through said remote control unit to form read ATM card information;
- entering into said remote control unit ATM transaction information for a particular ATM card transaction,
- entering into said remote control unit ATM card identification information relating to a specific personal identification number (PIN) to form PIN information;
- receiving into said remote control unit a personal encryption key (PEK) from said interactive location to code said PIN information thereby forming coded PIN information;
- processing within said remote control unit said ATM transaction information and said coded PIN information to form IR ATM card transaction signals;
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- transmitting said IR ATM card transaction signals from said remote control unit to said interactive location.
In a financial transaction card interactive network comprising:
- an interactive location such as a television set top box,
- an ATM network,
- a television display,
- a television remote control unit for transmitting IR (infra-red) signals to said interactive location, said remote control unit including
- an integral magnetic stripe financial ATM transaction type card reader for reading ATM type financial card information from a magnetic stripe of an ATM type card swiped through said reader to form read ATM card information;
- keypad means for entering ATM transaction information for a particular ATM card transaction and for entering ATM card identification information relating to a specific personal identification number (PIN) to form PIN information;
- receiver means for receiving a personal encryption key (PEK) from said interactive location to code said PIN information thereby forming coded PIN information;
- processor means for processing said ATM transaction information and said coded PIN information to form IR ATM card transaction signals;
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- IR transmitter means for transmitting said IR ATM card transaction signals to said interactive location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.