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Card reading device for service access

  • US 7,156,302 B2
  • Filed: 06/07/2002
  • Issued: 01/02/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A read device for reading an interface card said read device comprising:

  • a transparent touch sensitive membrane for use in selecting one or more indicia formed on said card upon insertion of said card into said read device; and

    a central processing unit for transmitting a service identifier field stored in an on-board memory of said card, a service-specific identifier field stored in said memory and a specific portion of data stored in said memory to an external computing device remote from said read device upon selection of one of said indicia, wherein a service identified by said service identifier field is provided by a software application program executing in said external computing device upon said external computing device receiving said service identifier field, said service-specific identifier field and said specific portion of data, and wherein said service-specific identifier field together with said service identifier field are configured for matching with a corresponding value in a database to retrieve information about a user of said service.

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