Data processing apparatus with portable card having magnetic strip simulator
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1. A transaction card including a magnetic stripe simulator for providing a signal to the read head of a magnetic stripe reader comprising,coil means for providing a signal to the read head,circuit means for providing a drive signal to the coil, said circuit means including means for providing a bit pattern which simulates the magnetic flux reversals provided from magnetic stripes.
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A data card using a simulator for magnetic stripes in generating a data signal. The data signal is read by a magnetic coil, having a drive signal provided to the coil by a circuit on the card which simulates the magnetic flux reversals of the magnetic stripes.
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1. A transaction card including a magnetic stripe simulator for providing a signal to the read head of a magnetic stripe reader comprising,
coil means for providing a signal to the read head, circuit means for providing a drive signal to the coil, said circuit means including means for providing a bit pattern which simulates the magnetic flux reversals provided from magnetic stripes.
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16. A portable transaction card for providing a signal to the read head of a magnetic stripe reader comprising,
a plastic laminate including at least first and second outer layers compressed together so as to have a thickness of less than approximately 0.030 inch, a magnetic stripe simulator encapsulated between said first and second outer layers including, coil means for providing a signal detectable by a read head, said coil means having a magnetic core and a multiturn winding around said core, circuit means for providing a drive signal having logical one and logical zero data values to the coil for providing a bit pattern which simulates the magnetic flux reversals provided from magnetic stripes, said circuit means including a digital memory for storing binary bits where the number of binary bits representing the zero data values are different than the number of bits representing a one data value, including address means for addressing said memory, and including output means for connecting the output binary bits from said memory to said coil.
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