Electronic Card and Methods for Making Same

• US 20110266354A1
• Filed: 05/06/2011
• Published: 11/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Privasys Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Privasys Incorporated
• Inventors: Alon, Ziv, McGuire, Charles, Foo, Eric, Poidomani, Mark, Ziegler, Joan, Routhenstein, Lawrence
• Granted Patent: US 8,231,063 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0702 the arrangement including a battery
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/077 Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07722 the record carrier being multilayered, e.g. laminated sheets flat articles in general, see B32B37/00

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.

Claims

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.