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Security card and system for use thereof

US6068184A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 27, 1998
Grant dateMay 30, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 27, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F19/21
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A security card system that includes a security card having an appearance like a real credit card or other bank card, and a security network that contains a security firm that enrolls persons in the system who have been provided with a security card by a card-issuing institution, and uses the security network for responding to emergency calls initiated by use of the security card, reports fraud, and in general, implements an emergency system and acts as a theft deterrent.

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