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Secure payment card with static and variable data

US7954725B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 28, 2007
Grant dateJun 7, 2011
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Expiry dateApr 28, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K19/12
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a first aspect of the subject invention, a secure payment card is provided, including: a flat body, the flat body having a patterned channel in proximity to a first face of the flat body; an elongated magnetic stripe disposed on the first face of the flat body, the magnetic stripe extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein at least a portion of the channel being located under the longitudinal axis; and a magnetic fluid disposed in the channel, the magnetic fluid configured to define a readable magnetic pattern.

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