UNIFIED IC CARD

• US 20120248200A1
• Filed: 11/04/2010
• Published: 10/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jung-Sik Cho
• Original Assignee: Jung-Sik Cho
• Inventors: Cho, Jung-Sik
• Granted Patent: US 8,464,958 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0719 at least one of the integrated circuit chips comprising an arrangement for application selection, e.g. an acceleration sensor or a set of radio buttons application selection on smart cards using pure software control, see G07F7/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3572 Multiple accounts on card
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3574 Multiple applications on card
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system

Abstract

A unified IC card includes: a selection part allowing a user to select at least one of a card applet of various card companies, a financial card applet of various financial companies, a stock card applet of various stock companies, a point card applet of various point issuing entities, and an associated card applet of various affiliated companies; an IC chip part electrically connected with the selection part, the IC chip part storing and sharing card information of the card applet, the financial card applet, stock card applet, point card applet, and associated card applet and providing the card information selected by the user to the outside; and a locking part electrically connected with the selection part to control the operation of the selection part.

Claims

1. A unified IC card comprising:

a selection part allowing a user to select at least one of a card applet of various card companies, a financial card applet of various financial companies, a stock card applet of various stock companies, a point card applet of various point issuing entities, and an associated card applet of various affiliated companies;

an IC chip part electrically connected with the selection part, the IC chip part storing and sharing card information of the card applet, the financial card applet, stock card applet, point card applet, and associated card applet and providing the card information selected by the user to the outside; and

a locking part electrically connected with the selection part to control the operation of the selection part,

wherein the selection part comprises;

a sensing part for sensing pressure applied from the outside;

a locking control part arranged between the sensing part and the locking part to control the selection part by receiving a control signal from the locking part; and

an information storing part storing card information on the card applet, the financial card applet, the stock card applet, the point card applet, and the associated card applet, the information storing part being physically or electrically separated from or connected to the selection part.

2. The unified IC card according to claim 1, wherein when the user clicks the selection part, the selection part is converted from a turn-off state into a turn-on state or from a turn-on state into a turn-off state.

3. The unified IC card according to claim 2, wherein when the user clicks the locking part, the selection part is converted from an unlocked mode into a locked mode or from a locked mode into an unlocked mode.

4. The unified IC card according to claim 1, wherein the selection part comprises a first connection part physically or electrically connected with the information storing part and the information storing part comprises a second connection part physically or electrically connected with the first connection part.

5. The unified IC card according to claim 1, wherein the information storing part further comprises a separation preventing part for preventing the selection part from being separated.

6. The unified IC card according to claim 1, wherein the IC chip part adds, deletes and changes company information of the card applet, the financial card applet, the stock card applet, the point card applet, and the associated card applet and the user'"'"'s individual information in the manner of a communication type card.

7. The unified IC card according to claim 3, wherein the locking part is constructed of a keypad, and when the user inputs a serial number, the selection part is converted from the unlocked mode into the locked mode or from the locked mode into the unlocked mode.

8. The unified IC card according to claim 1, wherein the selection part further comprises a selection indicating part to inform the user of the selection.

9. The unified IC card according to claim 1, wherein the locking part further comprises a locking indicating part to inform the user of whether the selection part is in the locked mode or in the unlocked mode.

10. The unified IC card according to claim 1, wherein the selection part is constructed of a keypad, which allows the user to use at least two input systems of an Arabic numeral system, a special code system, and a writing system.