×

Apparatus and method of providing a dual mode card and reader

  • US 6,557,754 B2
  • Filed: 12/01/2000
  • Issued: 05/06/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A dual mode card reader, comprising:

  • a memory including one or more instructions;

    a card interface circuit to detect a communication mode of a card when the card is coupled to the card interface circuit, the communication mode being one of first and second communication modes; and

    a processor coupled to the card interface circuit and the memory, the processor, in response to the one or more instructions, to automatically communicate with the card in one of the first and second communication modes in response to the card interface circuit detecting the communication mode of the card.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×