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Telephony system for smart card usage

  • US 6,296,183 B1
  • Filed: 12/23/1997
  • Issued: 10/02/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A public telephone for providing telephony service access responsive to the use of any of a plurality of types of smart cards, each of said plurality of types of smart cards corresponding with a different one of a plurality of financial institutions and having a corresponding, data-containing microchip embedded therein, comprising:

  • a plurality of security access modules for enabling access to data in said microchips in each of said plurality of types of smart cards;

    and a transceiver for interfacing with said microchips embedded in each of said plurality of types of smart cards, wherein said tranceiver sequentially interconnects with a number of the plurality of security access modules until a corresponding security module is identified which provides for accessing a particular one of said plurality of types of smart cards.

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