Dual card and method therefor

• US 6,012,634 A
• Filed: 03/06/1995
• Issued: 01/11/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Schuster, David Craig, Pini, Rafaele, Brogan, Hugh
• Primary Examiner(s): Trost, William G.
• Application Number:
  US08/399,689
• Time in Patent Office: 1,772 Days
• Field of Search: 379/58, 379/59, 379/355, 379/357, 379/144, 455/33.1, 455/558, 455/557, 455/550, 455/406-407, 235/486, 235/492, 235/379, 235/380, 375/222, 439/64
• US Class Current: 235/380
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07 with integrated circuit chips
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A smart memory card (400, 900, 1000) communicates with a smartcard compatible device (500) and a memory card compatible device (600). The smart memory card includes a processor (402, 902, 1002) which performs smartcard functions and a memory (412, 912, 1004) for use with a memory card device connection which allows memory card compatible device operation. Cellular telephones (1300, 1600) facilitate the use of two types of cards therein.

Claims

1. A smart memory card, comprising:

a body;

a smart card device including a processor positioned in the body and a first memory positioned in the body, the first memory storing a subscriber identity used by a cellular telephone to provide subscriber information to access a cellular system; and

a memory card device positioned in the body, the memory card device coupled to the smart card device, the processor accesses the memory card device to make a pay call through a cellular telephone using the subscriber identity and debits the memory card device when the smart memory card is connected to a cellular telephone and the memory card device is debited to make a call without the subscriber identity when the smart memory card is connected to a memory card compatible device.

2. The smart memory card as defined in claim 1, wherein the memory card device includes a second memory.

3. The smart memory card as defined in claim 2, wherein the smartcard device memory includes an electronically programmable read only memory.

4. The smart memory card as defined in claim 1, wherein the processor is coupled to the memory card device.

5. The smart memory card as defined in claim 1, wherein the smart card device includes a single port and the processor determines whether the port is connected to cellular telephone or a memory card device.

6. The smart memory card as defined in claim 5, further including first and second ports, wherein the processor is connected between the first memory and the second port and the second memory is connected between the processor and the first port.

7. A smart memory card comprising:

a body;

a smart card device positioned in the body and including

a first port to couple to a cellular telephone,

a processor coupled to the first port through a first bus,

a first memory coupled to the processor through a second bus, the processor storing a subscriber identification number; and

a memory card device positioned in the body and including,

a second port to couple to a memory card compatible device;

a second memory coupled to the second port through the second bus and to the processor through a third bus, the second memory storing a balance;

whereby the second port is coupled to a memory card compatible device to carry out memory card operations and the first port is coupled to a cellular telephone to make a cellular telephone call using the smart card device and the memory card device.