Card with embedded bistable display having short and long term information

US7689459B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Industrial Technology Research Institute · TW

Inventors

• Robert G. Capurso · Bergen, US
• Stanley W. Stephenson · Spencerport, US
• Domenic Maiola · Rochester, US
• David M. Johnson · Rochester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 24, 2003
• Grant date: Mar 30, 2010
• Expiry date: Mar 17, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F7/086
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A transaction card system includes a transaction cared with a display tag for displaying short term information, the character display having optical states that are stable without power and viewable from one side of the display tag and an array of electrical contacts for electrically addressing the character display from the other side of the tag, a contact window through which the contacts are accessible, machine readable data on the card, and long term information printed on the transaction card; a transaction card writer having a reader for reading the machine readable data and having means for updating the short term information displayed on the transaction card; and a central computer connected to the transaction card writer having a data base and a central processor for receiving the information read by the magnetic card reader and generating display commands for the transaction card writer.