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US 6,715,680 B2Granted
Data reader module combinable with a pager
AssigneesComstar Interactive Corp., Paul Sabella
InventorsPaul Sabella, Charles F. Finch, Carl J. Rinne, Jr., Kurt R. Heino, Brian J. McCahery
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Abstract
A caddy receivably retains a two-way messaging pager. The caddy has a connector for power and data transfer between the pager and caddy. The caddy can also be equipped with a magnetic strip card reader. This enables remote transactions using a magnetic strip card such as a credit card or debit card. The caddy has serial bus ports for attaching the caddy to peripheral devices such as printers and taxi fare meters.
Claims15
A pager caddy, comprising:
- a housing, said housing having a cradle to receivably retain a pager,
- data reader, located in the housing, and
- a connector for engaging a pager to provide data transfer between the pager and said data reader.
A pager caddy and pager, comprising:
- a housing receivably retaining said pager,
- a data reader, located in the housing,
- a first connector for providing data transfer between said pager caddy and pager, and
- a second connector for connecting the magnetic strip reader to the pager, the second connector attached to the first connector by a first cable.
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A pager caddy, comprising:
- a housing, said housing having a cradle to receivably retain a pager,
- a serial bus port for connecting said caddy to a peripheral device,
- a connector for engaging a pager to provide data transfer between the pager and said serial bus port, and
- a data reader attached to said serial bus port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.