Card reader and scanner device and methods of using same
First Claim
1. A method of playing a trading card game comprising the steps of:
- collecting a deck of trading cards, each trading card comprising a performance parameter;
selecting a hand of trading cards from the deck;
inputting the performance parameter of each trading card of the hand to a personal computing device; and
playing the trading card game on the personal computing device utilizing the inputted performance parameter.
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Abstract
A scanner/reader device is provided for use with a card having printed information and information stored on a computer readable medium. The device comprises a housing having a slot adapted for receiving the card with a plurality of pressure sensitive guide rollers adjacent the slot. An optical scanning unit is mounted within the housing for detecting the printed information and a chip reading unit is mounted within the housing for detecting the information stored on the computer readable medium. A logic board is mounted within the housing for controlling the rollers, the optical scanning unit and the chip reading unit and the device includes an output port for outputting information detected by the optical scanning unit and the chip reading unit.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of playing a trading card game comprising the steps of:
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collecting a deck of trading cards, each trading card comprising a performance parameter;
selecting a hand of trading cards from the deck;
inputting the performance parameter of each trading card of the hand to a personal computing device; and
playing the trading card game on the personal computing device utilizing the inputted performance parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising the steps of:
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manufacturing trading cards according to a plurality of game rules and having a printed data field and a computer readable medium including a performance parameter defined by the plurality of rules;
providing a scanner/reader device for scanning the printed data field and reading the computer readable medium;
wherein the scanner/reader device permits a player to play the trading card game using a personal computing device, according to the performance parameter read from the computer readable medium. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for enabling a traditional trading card game trading card to be digitized, the system comprising:
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a chip strip comprising;
a transparent plastic covering; and
an integrated circuit embedded in the transparent covering capable of having data stored thereon and read therefrom;
wherein the transparent covering is sized and shaped to sealingly enclose a trading card; and
a card chipper adapted to seal the trading card within the chip strip thereby permanently associating the trading card with the integrated circuit. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of digitizing a traditional trading card comprising a printed data field containing card identification information and performance parameter information, the method comprising the steps of:
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associating the traditional trading card with a contact-less integrated circuit computer chip; and
scanning the identification and performance parameter information from the card and saving the scanned information to the computer chip. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A scanner/reader device for use with a card having printed information and information stored on a computer readable medium, the device comprising:
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a housing having a slot adapted for receiving the card;
a plurality of pressure sensitive guide rollers adjacent the slot;
an optical scanning assembly mounted within the housing for detecting the printed information;
a chip reading assembly mounted within the housing for detecting the information stored on the computer readable medium;
a logic board within the housing for controlling the optical scanning unit and the chip reading unit and the rollers; and
an output port for outputting information detected by the scanner/reader device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A security system comprising:
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a smart card comprising a photograph of an authorized user and a smart chip having security authorization information stored thereon and having the digital equivalent of part or all of the photograph of the authorized user stored thereon;
a scanner/reader device for optically scanning the photograph and converting the photograph to a digital file and for reading the information stored on the smart chip;
wherein the scanner/reader device compares the digital file to the digital equivalent of the photograph of the authorized user and outputs the results of the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A security system comprising:
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a smart card comprising a photograph of an authorized user and a smart chip having security authorization information stored thereon and having the digital equivalent of part or all of the photograph of the authorized user stored thereon;
a scanner/reader device for optically scanning the photograph and converting the photograph to a digital file and for reading the information stored on the smart chip;
wherein the scanner/reader device compares the digital file to data stored on a database.
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