Payment cards and devices with displays, chips, RFIDs, magnetic emulators, magentic decoders, and other components

• US 8,733,638 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2011
• Issued: 05/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dynamics Inc.
• Original Assignee: Dynamics Inc.
• Inventors: Mullen, Jeffrey D., Cloutier, Bruce
• Primary Examiner(s): Frech, Karl D
• Application Number:
  US13/187,500
• Publication Number:
  US 20110272484A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,042 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/380, 235/382, 235/379, 235/487, 235/492
• US Class Current: 235/380
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse, heart rate, blood pressure or blood flow; Combined pulse/heart-rate/blood pressure determination; Evaluating a cardiovascular condition not otherwise provided for, e.g. using combinations of techniques provided for in this group with electrocardiography or electroauscultation; Heart catheters for measuring blood pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02042 Determining blood loss or bleeding, e.g. during a surgical procedure
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06187 with magnetically detectable marking
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06206 the magnetic marking being emulated
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07 with integrated circuit chips
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0702 the arrangement including a battery
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0704 the battery being rechargeable, e.g. solar batteries
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0725 the arrangement being a circuit for emulating a plurality of record carriers, e.g. a single RFID tag capable of representing itself to a reader as a cloud of RFID tags
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07345 by activating or deactivating at least a part of the circuit on the record carrier, e.g. ON/OFF switches
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07703 the interface being visual
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07705 the visual interface being a single light or small number of lights capable of being switched on or off, e.g. a series of LEDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07707 the visual interface being a display, e.g. LCD or electronic ink
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07709 the interface being a keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0775 arrangements for connecting the integrated circuit to the antenna
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07766 comprising at least a second communication arrangement in addition to a first non-contact communication arrangement
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07769 the further communication means being a galvanic interface, e.g. hybrid or mixed smart cards having a contact and a non-contact interface
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07773 Antenna details antennas for wireless devices, e.g. RFID tags, in general H01Q1/22
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/083 : Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0004 : Hybrid readers
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/084 : sensing magnetic material by relative movement detecting flux changes without altering its magnetised state
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/087 : flux-sensitive, e.g. magnetic, detectors G06K7/10336 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10297 : arrangements for handling protocols designed for non-contact record carriers such as RFIDs NFCs, e.g. ISO/IEC 14443 and 18092 cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; network security protocols H04L63/00; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; network protocols for data switching network services H04L67/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/18 : involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 : Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/34 : using cards, e.g. integrated circuit [IC] cards or magnetic cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 : Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3415 : Cards acting autonomously as pay-media
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/352 : Contactless payments by cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/385 : using an alias or single-use codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/401 : Transaction verification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0222 : During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 : Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 : Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 : Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10024 : Color image
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30004 : Biomedical image processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/62 : of area, perimeter, diameter or volume
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/24 : Aligning, centring, orientation detection or correction of the image
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/25 : Determination of region of interest [ROI] or a volume of interest [VOI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 2201/03 : Recognition of patterns in medical or anatomical images
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0806 : Details of the card record carriers per se G06K
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 : Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system

Abstract

A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) or other card or device (e.g., mobile telephone) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable to communicate data to a magnetic stripe read-head. User interfaces are provided in a number of different configurations in order to achieve a number of different functionalities.

Claims

1. A payment card comprising:

a display;

a battery;

a processor;

a communications device operable to communicate information to a card reader; and

a button, wherein said button is located over said communications device in a thickness direction of said card.

2. The payment card of claim 1, wherein said communications device is a magnetic emulator.

3. The payment card of claim 1, further comprising a second button, wherein said second button is located over said communications device.

4. The payment card of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of buttons, wherein said plurality of buttons are located over said communications device.

5. The payment card of claim 1, further comprising a read-head detector operable to detect a read-head of a magnetic stripe reader.

6. The payment card of claim 1, wherein payment data is provided by said communications device and at least a portion of said payment data is displayed on said display.

7. The payment card of claim 1, further comprising a memory.

8. The payment card of claim 1, further comprising:

a first surface, wherein at least a portion of a payment card number is printed on said first surface, and said display is viewable from said first surface.

9. The payment card of claim 1, further comprising a first surface, wherein said display is viewable from said first surface.

10. The payment card of claim 1, further comprising:

a second button;

a first source of light; and

a second source of light, wherein said second button is located over said communications device and said first source of light is located within the proximity of said button and said second source of light is located within the proximity of said second button.

11. The payment card of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of buttons;

a first source of light; and

a plurality of sources of light, wherein said plurality of buttons are located over said communications device and said first source of light is located within the proximity of said button and each of said plurality of sources of light are located within the proximity of a respective each of said plurality of buttons.

12. The payment card of claim 1, wherein said display is a bi-stable display.

13. A payment card comprising:

a button;

a battery;

a processor;

a communications device operable to communicate information to a card reader; and

a display, wherein said display is located over said communications device in a thickness direction of said card.

14. The payment card of claim 13, wherein said communications device is a magnetic emulator.

15. The payment card of claim 13, wherein said button is located within the proximity of said display.

16. The payment card of claim 13, further comprising a second button, wherein said button and said second button are located within the proximity of said display.

17. The payment card of claim 13, further comprising a plurality of buttons, wherein said button and said plurality of buttons are located within the proximity of said display.

18. The payment card of claim 13, further comprising a read-head detector operable to detect a read-head of a magnetic stripe reader.

19. The payment card of claim 13, wherein payment data is provided by said communications device and at least a portion of said payment data is displayed on said display.

20. The payment card of claim 13, further comprising:

a first surface, wherein at least a portion of a payment card number is printed on said first surface, and said display is viewable from said first surface.