FINANCIAL TRANSACTION TOKEN WITH ONBOARD POWER SOURCE
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Abstract
There is provided a card or token for use in financial transactions. The financial transaction token or card has an onboard energy storage device that enables onboard electronics to operate when the card is not in the proximity of a merchant Point-Of-Service (POS) terminal. In one implementation, the onboard energy storage device includes a capacitor such as a thin-film capacitor that stores sufficient energy to power onboard electronics without the need for an onboard battery. The card may be incorporated within various conventional apparatus such as a see-through and/or protective substrate, an item of clothing, an item of jewelry, a cell phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a credit card, an identification card, a money holder, a wallet, a personal organizer, a keychain payment tag, and like personality.
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73 Claims
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1-53. -53. (canceled)
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54. A financial token comprising:
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an assembly comprising a substrate; a capacitor embedded within in the substrate and coupled to a charging interface; a switch coupled to; a power circuit; a supplemental energy storage device capable of substantially energizing the power circuit as an internal power source; the capacitor capable of substantially energizing the power circuit as an internal power source; and a power controller; a processor proximal the assembly and coupled to the power circuit; a data encoding area coupled to the processor and the power circuit; a user interface proximal the assembly and coupled to the processor and the power circuit, and memory, coupled to the power circuit and the processor, including; information regarding an account within a payment processing system for initiating payment for a financial transaction; and code executable to accept, using the user interface, commands for initiating payment on the account for the transaction. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A financial token comprising:
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a capacitor embedded within a substrate; a switch coupled with, at least; a power circuit; the capacitor; a supplemental energy storage device; and a power circuit controller configured at least to energize the power circuit with one or more of the capacitor and the supplemental energy storage device selected in accordance with a power control policy; and a memory coupled with the power circuit that stores at least account information used when the financial token participates in a financial transaction with respect to a corresponding account in a payment processing system. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A financial token comprising:
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an assembly comprising a substrate; a power circuit; a capacitor embedded within a substrate and coupled with the power circuit; a supplemental energy storage device coupled with the power circuit; a power circuit controller coupled with the power circuit and configured at least to energize the power circuit with one or more of the capacitor and the supplemental energy storage device selected in accordance with a power control policy; and a memory coupled with the power circuit that stores at least account information used when the financial token participates in a financial transaction with respect to a corresponding account in a payment processing system. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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