Electronic transaction card

Patent 7581678 Issued on September 1, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date:

February 22, 2025. 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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Inventors

Assignee

Tyfone, Inc.

Application

No. 11063291 filed on 02/22/2005

US Classes:

235/451Capacitive

Examiners

Primary: Frech, Karl D.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

2316908 GB 03/01/1998
WO-9626500 WO 08/01/1996
WO-0188659 WO 11/01/2001
WO-03029942 WO 04/01/2003
WO-03081519 WO 10/01/2003
WO-2006091709 WO 08/01/2006

International Class

G06K 7/08

Abstract

An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.