Multimedia electronic wallet with generic card
First Claim
1. A compact electronic wallet comprising:
- user interface means for receiving input including medium selection and transaction initiation commands from a user of the electronic wallet;
processor means connected with said user interface means for controlling the operation of the electronic wallet in response to said user input;
smart card interface means connected with said processor means for transferring data between the electronic wallet and processing circuitry on a multimedia transaction card; and
magnetic medium interface means connected with said processor means for writing data to a magnetic medium on the multimedia transaction card.
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Abstract
An electronic wallet is disclosed which provides multiple data media interfaces. Standard interfaces will include a smart card reader/writer, a magnetic reader/writer, a radio frequency transceiver and a user interface. A generic card is insertable into an electronic wallet to provide magnetic or smart card data carrier means. The generic card assumes the identity of any stored digital card and is submitted to a card acceptor in that guise. A generic attachment card is also insertable into an electronic wallet to provide further media interfaces via various card attachments. In another embodiment, the electronic wallet and generic card are combined into a single wallet-card which also requires a wallet-card holder. Almost all the functions provided by a separate electronic wallet, generic card and generic attachment card are included in the electronic wallet-card and wallet-card holder. In operation, media independent digital cards will be stored within an electronic wallet and can receive or output data via any standard or optional media interface. A digital card will be selected and interfaced with a specified or default medium, with digital card content capable of being medium specific. Digital card and medium selection can be specified by either the wallet user or the digital card recipient.
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27 Claims
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1. A compact electronic wallet comprising:
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user interface means for receiving input including medium selection and transaction initiation commands from a user of the electronic wallet; processor means connected with said user interface means for controlling the operation of the electronic wallet in response to said user input; smart card interface means connected with said processor means for transferring data between the electronic wallet and processing circuitry on a multimedia transaction card; and magnetic medium interface means connected with said processor means for writing data to a magnetic medium on the multimedia transaction card. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electronic wallet including a magnetic medium interface for transferring card data between the electronic wallet and a magnetic medium contained on a transaction card comprising:
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storage means for storing the card data to be written to the transaction card, said card data being formatted to correspond to predetermined physical positions within the magnetic medium; magnetic medium position detecting means for detecting the position of the magnetic medium contained on the transaction card and for generating position information corresponding to said detected position; magnetic medium writing means for receiving said card data from said storage means and for writing said card data to the magnetic medium carried on the transaction card; and processor means connected with said storage means, said magnetic medium position detecting means and said magnetic medium writing means for receiving said position information from said magnetic medium position detecting means and for transferring said card data corresponding to said position information from said storage means to said magnetic medium writing means. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of transferring card data between an electronic wallet and a magnetic medium contained on a transaction card comprising the steps of:
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receiving said transaction card into a magnetic medium interface contained in the electronic wallet; formatting said card data to correspond to predetermined physical positions within said magnetic medium contained on said transaction card; detecting the position within said magnetic medium interface of the magnetic medium contained on said transaction card; and writing said card data corresponding to said detected position to said magnetic medium. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of initiating a secure electronic transaction through the use of a magnetic medium interface and an electronic wallet for receiving a compatible multimedia transaction card having a magnetic medium thereon, comprising the steps of:
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receiving input to the electronic wallet, said input including digital card selection information and transaction format selection commands from a user of the electronic wallet; retrieving a digital card data set containing digital card data corresponding to said input from an electronic memory containing a plurality of digital card data sets; formatting said digital card data, including encrypting at least part of the digital card data, to correspond to a transaction format selected by said transaction format selection commands; writing said formatted digital card data to the magnetic medium on the multimedia transaction card; and initiating an electronic transaction by providing said multimedia transaction card to a magnetic medium interface, reading said formatted digital card data from said magnetic medium on said multimedia card and initiating a transaction using said digital card data. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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