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Magnetic card and reader system

US5714747A · kind A · utility

30Cited by
3References
5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 17, 1996
Grant dateFeb 3, 1998
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Expiry dateJul 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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