Electronic Card and Methods For Making Same
First Claim
1. An electronic card for providing transaction specific data of a user, comprising:
- a first cover and a second cover that are joined together to form a card body;
a secure processor;
a general processor;
a power source;
a general purpose input/output (“
I/O”
) for receiving an input from the user to the card electrically connected to the general processor;
an output port for providing an output from the card that is readable by a magnetic stripe reader;
wherein the secure processor, the non-secure processor, the power source, the general purpose I/O and the output port are mounted together within said card body; and
wherein transaction specific data provided by a secure function of the secure processor can be accessed without any intervention by a secure card terminal.
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Abstract
An electronic card includes a digital processor, an electrochemical battery and a communications port. The processor and battery are essentially coplanar, and are sandwiched between and enclosed by two flexible covers, preferably made from an insulating plastic material, and preferably fitted to the components that they enclose. The communications port can include, for example, a Smart Card contact port, a stripe emulator, an RF port, and IR port, etc. The battery may comprise a rechargeable battery. In an exemplary embodiment, at least the processor is carried by a flexible printed circuit (PC) board. In other exemplary embodiments, switches and/or indicators are also carried by the PC board. A method for manufacturing an electronic card having at least two components is also disclosed.
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28 Claims
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1. An electronic card for providing transaction specific data of a user, comprising:
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a first cover and a second cover that are joined together to form a card body; a secure processor; a general processor; a power source; a general purpose input/output (“
I/O”
) for receiving an input from the user to the card electrically connected to the general processor;an output port for providing an output from the card that is readable by a magnetic stripe reader; wherein the secure processor, the non-secure processor, the power source, the general purpose I/O and the output port are mounted together within said card body; and wherein transaction specific data provided by a secure function of the secure processor can be accessed without any intervention by a secure card terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An electronic card for providing transaction specific data of a user, comprising:
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a first cover and a second cover that are joined together to form a card body; a flexible circuit board held within said card body, said flexible circuit board including a plurality of traces related to on card functionality; a secure processor; a general processor; a power source; a general purpose input/output (“
I/O”
) for receiving an input from the user to the card electrically connected to the general processor;a second general purpose I/O mounted in said card body electrically connected to the general processor for providing a user output to the user from the card; a broadcaster used to broadcast a fluctuating magnetic signal which emulates the movement of a magnetic stripe of a transaction card past a read head of a magnetic card reader, said broadcaster being further comprised of; a coil including an elongated core material and a winding having a plurality of turns around said core material; and a signal generator having a broadcaster driver signal coupled to said coil such that said coil provides a dynamic magnetic field which emulates the swiping of a magnetic stripe transaction card past a read head of the magnetic stripe reader; and one or more sensors electrically coupled to the general processor for providing a signal to the general processor that a physical act of swiping the card body through the read head of the magnetic stripe reader has commenced; wherein the secure processor, the non-secure processor, the power source, the general purpose I/O and the output port are electrically coupled to traces of said flexible circuit board; wherein transaction specific data provided by a secure function of the secure processor can be accessed without any intervention by a secure card terminal; wherein transaction specific data is provided in the output; and wherein the general processor uses the signal to control timing of an initiation of the dynamic magnetic field. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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