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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181883 | Magnetic strip protecting assembly and method A magnetic strip protecting assembly includes a sleeve that has a bottom edge, a top edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. The top edge is open and defines an access opening into the sleeve. Each of the bottom, first lateral and second lateral edges ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8172152 | Method for inkjet printing of E13B magnetic ink character recognition characters and substrate having such characters printed thereon Electromagnetically recognizable E13B characters can be printed onto conventional paper by an inkjet printer using liquid magnetic ink. The printer receives data representing an E13B character, and prints the E13B character onto a substrate according to a modified E... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8132736 | Value document comprising a security element The invention relates to a document of value, in particular a credit card, identity card or ticket, and to a transfer film for the production of a document of value. The latter has on one of its surfaces a security element (2), which has a magnetic layer (... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8123138 | Security element for documents of value Value documents including a security element having magnetic material for securing the value documents. Along the security element, for example along a longitudinal direction of the security element, there are disposed one or more magnetic areas and one or more gap ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8113439 | Antenna apparatus This invention provides an antenna apparatus (60) for use in a non-contact type IC card into and from which data can be written and read by electronic apparatuses having a communication function, by virtue of inductive coupling. The antenna apparatus comprise... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8020775 | Payment cards and devices with enhanced magnetic emulators A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) or other device (e.g., mobile telephone) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable to communicate data to a magnetic stripe read-head. Such a magnetic emulator may comprise non-magnetostrictive material such that t... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8002197 | Transactional card, system, and method An encoded transactional card unit having die cut components and a removable data component comprising a first or top protective plane, a second or bottom protective plane, a substrate, having at least one fixed region which is adhesively attached to said first prot... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7988061 | Article having an embedded accessible storage member, apparatus and method for using same A portable card adapted to interact with a data processing station when the portable card and the data processing station are moved relative to each other is disclosed. The portable card includes a substrate having a predetermined shape, e.g. rectangular. An accessi... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7980479 | Data storage card and insert structure A data storage card has an optical data storage region and a magnetic data storage region, and is adapted to cooperatively engage both a drive mechanism of a magnetic stripe reader and a rotatable drive mechanism of an optical data reader. An exemplary embodiment of... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7954725 | Secure payment card with static and variable data In a first aspect of the subject invention, a secure payment card is provided, including: a flat body, the flat body having a patterned channel in proximity to a first face of the flat body; an elongated magnetic stripe disposed on the first face of the flat body, t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7950587 | Devices and methods for storing data Data-storage devices and methods are disclosed. An exemplary data-storage device includes a medium having at least two dimensions and having a surface. Multiple data-containing loci are arranged on the surface. Each locus has a respective amount of magnetically resp... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7931207 | Optically variable magnetic stripe assembly An optically variable magnetic stripe assembly includes a magnetic layer, an optically variable effect generating layer over the magnetic layer, and a reflective layer between the magnetic layer and the optically variable effect generating layer. The reflective laye... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7922098 | Banking system controlled responsive to data bearing records An automated banking machine operates to carry out financial transfers responsive to data read from data bearing records. The machine includes a card reader that operates to read data from user cards. The card data corresponds to financial accounts. The automated ba... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7913919 | Multi application smartcard with currency exchange, location, tracking and personal identification capabilities A smart card capable of performing more than one function, said smart card comprising a first memory means comprising a first set of data to access a bank account, a second set of data to access a credit card account, a third set of data representing the identificat... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7900844 | Configurable RFID apparatus and process The invention described herein represents a significant advancement in user configurable and reconfigurable RFID readable data input. A writing substrate includes a wireless energy transmission circuit and a plurality of switchable contacts. When or after a user wri... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900845 | Composite magnetic cards A composite magnetic card for bearing printed data and suitable for mailing purposes comprising (a) a first planar sheet of paper cardstock having a first face and second face; (b) a second planar sheet comprising a magnetic material having a first face and a second... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896252 | Presentation instrument with user-created pin and methods for activating In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for activating a presentation instrument using a computerized network. The method utilizes a presentation instrument package that comprises a greeting card and a presentation instrument. A package identifier on the ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7896251 | Medium provided with magnetic element, and method and apparatus for reading information from such medium An information reading apparatus has an excitation unit that applies a magnetic field to a medium provided with at least one magnetic element that generates a signal when the magnetic field is applied thereto and a pseudo element that generates no signal when the ma... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7878412 | Verification of a biometric identification An identification verification system includes a combination of indicia that represent measurable characteristics mapped into a characteristic signature, and an indicia detector for detecting the characteristic signature and verifying authenticity of the characteris... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7837125 | Methods and systems for encoding a magnetic stripe Methods and apparatus for encoding information on a magnetic stripe of a transaction card are disclosed. According to one aspect, a transaction card includes a first surface and a second surface that substantially opposes the first surface. The second surface has a ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7823794 | Stripline magnetic writing of dynamic magnetic data bits in surrounding regions of static magnetic data bits A magnetic device that includes a magnetic stripe for recording a combination of dynamic and static magnetic data. The magnetic stripe includes at least two regions of material with substantially different coercivities. One region contains static information and the... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7793851 | Dynamic credit card with magnetic stripe and embedded encoder and methods for using the same to provide a copy-proof credit card A dynamic credit card is provided in which a secure credit card number (e.g., a secret/hidden credit card number) is encoded based on a timing signal (e.g., an internal counter) to provide a dynamic credit card number. This dynamic number may be displayed to a user ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7766244 | System and method for processing transactions using a multi-account transactions device A system and method for processing transactions using a multi-account transaction device. The method comprises the steps of: receiving at least one transaction particular relating to a transaction conducted with a multi-account transaction device; determining at lea... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7690580 | Transaction cards having dynamically reconfigurable data interface and methods for using same Apparatuses and methods backward compatible with existing card processing infrastructure are provided to furnish dynamically configurable data to a card reader to facilitate transactions such as credit card transactions. The inventive apparatuses and methods are ope... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7686230 | Medium provided with magnetic body and magnetic body sensing device A medium comprises a magnetic body which generates a signal when a magnetic field is applied thereto, wherein the magnetic body has two or more easy magnetization directions and the magnetic body forms information that identifies the medium based on the signal gener... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7648076 | Magnetic tape with holographic hidden pattern, method of making same and reader for reading same A holographic magnetic tape comprising a hidden image pattern for protecting against skimming, alteration and counterfeiting of the data encoded in the holographic magnetic tape. The hidden image pattern in a holographic magnetic tape of a transaction card is used t... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7641124 | Magnetic data recording device A Q-Chip MEMS magnetic device comprises a thin-film electronic circuit for implantation in the Track-2 area of a magnetic stripe on the back of a credit card. The Q-Chip MEMS magnetic device periodically self-generates new sub-sets of magnetic data that are to be re... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7604179 | Scanned medium, and manufacturing apparatus and method therefor A scanned medium including: a sheet substrate; and a line-shaped magnetic body formed inside the sheet substrate, wherein the magnetic properties of the magnetic body are detected inside a magnetic field formed by a scanning apparatus, and the magnetic body has at l... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7503509 | Antenna apparatus This invention provides an antenna apparatus (60) for use in a non-contact type IC card into and from which data can be written and read by electronic apparatuses having a communication function, by virtue of inductive coupling. The antenna apparatus comprise... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7494069 | Mobile communication device There is provided with a portable communication device which can perform proximity contactless communication without reducing a distance capable of performing the proximity contactless communication thereby to improve convenience and prevent degradation of the chara... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7469838 | Detectable components and detection apparatus for detecting such components A detectable component has a first inductive coupler (L;M) adapted to couple inductively to a second inductive coupler (L1) of a detection apparatus when the detectable component is in range of or coupled to the detection apparatus. The first inductive couple... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7438224 | Transaction card with stake A financial transaction card is associated with seeds of at least one type, where each of the seeds is configured for planting in a composition. The financial transaction card includes a substrate defining a first portion and a second portion attached to and readily... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434735 | Stored-value card with sound and light A stored-value card includes an electrical assembly and a housing. The electrical assembly is configured to store an audio file and includes a light and a speaker. The housing encloses the electrical assembly and includes an account identifier signifying an account ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428984 | Method and system of evaluating checks deposited into a cash dispensing automated banking machine An automated banking machine system and method includes ATMs which accept checks and dispense cash to users. The ATMs are operated to acquire image and magnetic data from deposited checks to determine the genuineness of checks and the authority of a user to receive ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7419096 | RFID joint acquisition of time sync and timebase Systems and methods to determine timebase and timing (i.e., time sync) of received signals in RFID systems. Multiple matched filters corresponding to multiple timebases are used to receive the preambles of signals received from RFID tags. The multiple matched filter... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416136 | Method for preprocessing surface data, method for quality assessment and for quality management of strip material and apparatus for controlling the processing of strip material A method for preprocessing data for strip material, i.e. metal or paper strips, provides data records for a strip surface according to coordinates with information about a condition of the strip, its surface or anomalies. Some data records are grouped and stored in ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413120 | Transaction card assemblies and methods Transaction card assemblies, systems and methods of making are provided. One such assembly includes a card carrier having a card integrally formed within. The card peripherally engages the card carrier and is adapted to be removed from the card carrier. An encodable... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7401733 | Thin smart card The present invention discloses systems and methods for a smart card including: a first card having a device; and a second card having an aperture that is configured to allow a device to be inserted into an aperture when the second card is properly aligned with the ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398926 | Apparatus and method for programming an RFID transponder using a constrained field An RFID transponder programming device uses a strip transmission line to generate a constrained electromagnetic field for programming RFID transponders is featured. The programmer minimizes electromagnetic fields outside of the programming device, and keeps other bl... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392947 | Noncontact tag, control method therefor and noncontact ID identification system The present invention is to provide a noncontact tag, comprising: a clock extraction unit for extracting a clock from a received carrier wave; a demodulation unit for outputting a demodulated signal comprising a logic signal whose logic state changes responding to e... | 07/01/2008 |
