Electronic transaction card
First Claim
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a stripe to communicate with a magnetic card reader; and
an interface to communicate with an intelligent electronic device;
wherein the apparatus has dimensions smaller than a credit card.
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Abstract
An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a stripe to communicate with a magnetic card reader; and
an interface to communicate with an intelligent electronic device;
wherein the apparatus has dimensions smaller than a credit card. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus comprising:
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means for communicating through a memory card slot in an intelligent electronic device;
means for producing at least one time-varying magnetic field to represent financial transaction data; and
means for storing the financial transaction data. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A memory card comprising:
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a memory card slot interface; and
circuitry for producing a time-varying magnetic field compatible with a magnetic card reader. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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