Payment card with display

Patent 5359183 Issued on October 25, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 6, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Skodlar, Rafael

Application

No. 864217 filed on 04/06/1992

US Classes:

235/493, Magnetic40/449, Magnetic235/380Credit or identification card systems

Examiners

Primary: Cross, E. Rollins
Assistant: Solis, Erick

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Schenck; Paul F.

Foreign Patent References

810324 CA 04/20/1969
0460891 JP 02/20/1992

International Class

G06K 019/06

Abstract

A new type of payment card includes a magnetically controlled display for visually reading magnetically recorded information such as current balance or available service value of the payment card. The required electronic and mechanical interface can be added to existing payment card handling equipment.