Selectively switching antennas of transaction cards
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1. A card, comprising:
- a physical interface that interfaces the card with a mobile host device including a Graphical User Interface (GUI), wherein the card executes wireless financial transactions independent of the mobile host device;
an antenna that wirelessly receives Radio Frequency (RF) signals from and transmits RF signals to retail terminals;
secure memory that stores user credentials used to execute the financial transactions with the retail terminals;
a user-interface module that presents and receives information through the GUI of the mobile host device; and
an antenna control module that determines current card activity matches a predefined event associated with potentially fraudulent activity and selectively switches, in response to at least the predefined event, the antenna from an activate state for the wireless transactions to an inactive state.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for selectively switching antennas of transaction cards. In some implementations, a method includes physically interfacing a card with a mobile host device including a Graphical User Interface (GUI). The card executes wireless financial transactions independent of the mobile host device. User credentials used to execute financial transactions with retail terminals are stored. Information is presented through the GUI of the mobile host device. An antenna of the card is selectively switched between an activate state and an inactive state in response to at least an event.
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1. A card, comprising:
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a physical interface that interfaces the card with a mobile host device including a Graphical User Interface (GUI), wherein the card executes wireless financial transactions independent of the mobile host device; an antenna that wirelessly receives Radio Frequency (RF) signals from and transmits RF signals to retail terminals; secure memory that stores user credentials used to execute the financial transactions with the retail terminals; a user-interface module that presents and receives information through the GUI of the mobile host device; and an antenna control module that determines current card activity matches a predefined event associated with potentially fraudulent activity and selectively switches, in response to at least the predefined event, the antenna from an activate state for the wireless transactions to an inactive state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method, comprising:
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physically interfacing a card with a mobile host device including a Graphical User Interface (GUI), wherein the card executes wireless financial transactions independent of the mobile host device; storing user credentials used to execute financial transactions with retail terminals; presenting information through the GUI of the mobile host device; determining current card activity matches a predefined event associated with potentially fraudulent activity; and in response to at least the predefined event, selectively switching an antenna of the card from an activate state for the wireless transactions to an inactive state. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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