Read head device with selected output jack characteristics
First Claim
1. A card reader, comprising:
- a housing;
a read head positioned in the housing and configured to be coupled to a mobile device, the read head having a slot for swiping a magnetic stripe of a financial transaction card to enable a financial transaction between a buyer and seller, the read head reading data from the magnetic stripe and producing a signal indicative of data stored on the magnetic stripe and an output jack adapted to be coupled and de-coupled from at least one of an audio jack or microphone input port of the mobile device for providing the signal indicative of data stored on the magnetic stripe to the mobile device;
the output jack having a length extending from the housing of at least 2 mm, the mobile device including a decoding engine with peak detectors and digitizers with different process combinations and parameters run in response to a hardware platform of the mobile device.
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Abstract
A read head is configured to be coupled to the mobile device. The read head is positioned in a housing. The read head has a slot for swiping a magnetic stripe of a financial transaction card to enable a financial transaction between a buyer and seller. The read head reads data from the magnetic stripe and produces a signal indicative of data stored on the magnetic stripe. The read head includes an output jack adapted to be inserted at least one of the audio jack or microphone input port of the mobile appliance to provide a signal indicative of data stored on the magnetic stripe to, the mobile device. The output jack extends at least 2 mm from the housing.
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32 Claims
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1. A card reader, comprising:
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a housing; a read head positioned in the housing and configured to be coupled to a mobile device, the read head having a slot for swiping a magnetic stripe of a financial transaction card to enable a financial transaction between a buyer and seller, the read head reading data from the magnetic stripe and producing a signal indicative of data stored on the magnetic stripe and an output jack adapted to be coupled and de-coupled from at least one of an audio jack or microphone input port of the mobile device for providing the signal indicative of data stored on the magnetic stripe to the mobile device;
the output jack having a length extending from the housing of at least 2 mm, the mobile device including a decoding engine with peak detectors and digitizers with different process combinations and parameters run in response to a hardware platform of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for conducting a financial transaction with a financial transaction card, comprising:
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coupling a read head positioned in a housing to a mobile device with an output jack of the read head extending at least 2 mm from the housing; swiping the financial transaction card through a slot in the read head; producing a signal indicative of data stored on the an magnetic stripe of the financial transaction card; sending the signal to the mobile device; and using a decoding engine with peak detectors and digitizers with different process combinations and parameters run in response to a hardware platform of the mobile device to decode the signal with the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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