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Multiple credit card system

  • US 4,700,055 A
  • Filed: 10/15/1985
  • Issued: 10/13/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for representing a plurality of credit cards on a single card, comprising:

  • (a) a credit card, capable of storing a set of machine-readable digital data, including identifying information pertaining to the owner of the card, and the names and numbers of a plurality of credit card accounts, the credit card accounts originating from a plurality of different issuers, the credit card being free of any visually-perceptible indicia pertaining to the owner of the card or to any of the credit card accounts encoded on the card,(b) a card reader, the reader being capable of decoding the data stored on the card,(c) a verification system for determining the validity of a proposed transaction with at least one of the credit card accounts stored on the card,(d) means for printing an invoice when a transaction has been approved, and(e) a console for controlling the card reader, the verification system, and the printer means, the console being connected to a microprocessor for analyzing the data on the card and for controlling the printing of the invoice.

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