Magnetic card and reader system
US5714747A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 17, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 3, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 17, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K7/084
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A credit and access control card and reader system comprising: a magnetically encodable card comprising a body having upper and lower surfaces and side and end edges, the body being formed of plastic material having magnetic particles uniformly dispersed throughout the plastic material; and a reader having a magneto resistive (MR) head for reading the magnetically encodable card as it is moved past the MR head.
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