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Method of making a plurality of protected devices in communication with a background device

US7832649B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Mark I. Gardner · Mabank, US
Dayton S. Whites · Mabank, US
Dayton E. Whites · Lucedale, US
James E. Walters · Carmel, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 6, 2007
Grant date	Nov 16, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 30, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06K19/06112
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention includes a device to attach an identifying device to the item of interest. The identify device attached to the item of interest may be referred to as a protected device that can be kept in communication with a background device. A protected device is formed when a an item of interest such as a credit card, drivers license, or medical card has an identifying device attached to the item of interest that converts the item of interest to the protected device which protects an existing object of interest.

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