Card reader device and method of use
AssigneeREM Holdings 3, LLC
InventorRobert E. Morley, Jr.
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Abstract
A card reader device for reading a card having data stored on a magnetic stripe incorporated into the card is disclosed in which the card reader device comprises a read head for passing a magnetic stripe of a card by to read data stored on a magnetic stripe and for producing a signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe, a signal setting device for setting an amplitude of the signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe, and an output plug adapted to be inserted into a headset jack associated with a host device for providing the signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe to a host device.
Claims20
A card reader device for reading a card having data stored on a magnetic stripe incorporated into the card the device comprising:
- a read head for passing a magnetic stripe of a card by to read data stored on a magnetic stripe and for producing a signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe;
- a signal setting device for setting an amplitude of the signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe;
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- an output plug adapted to be inserted into a headset jack associated with a host device for providing the signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe to a host device.
A card reader device for reading a card having data stored on a magnetic stripe incorporated into the card the device comprising:
- a read head for passing a magnetic stripe of a card by to read data stored on a magnetic stripe and for producing a signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe;
- a signal setting device for setting an amplitude of the signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe;
- an integrated circuit device connected to the signal setting device and the read head for receiving the signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe;
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- an output plug connected to the integrated circuit device adapted to be inserted into a headset jack associated with a host device for providing the signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe to a host device.
A card reader device for reading a card having data stored on a magnetic stripe incorporated into the card the device comprising:
- a read head for passing a magnetic stripe of a card by to read data stored on a magnetic stripe and for producing a signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe;
- a signal setting device for setting an amplitude of the signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe;
- an integrated circuit device connected to the signal setting device and the read head for receiving the signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe;
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- an output plug connected to the integrated circuit device adapted to be inserted into an input associated with a host device for providing the signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe to a host device and adapted to receive power from the host device by an audio output associated with the host device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.