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Conducting a transaction with an electronic card

US8480002B2 · kind B2 · utility

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147References

20Claims

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Inventors

Mark Poidomani · Holiday, US
Joan Ziegler · Tiburon, US
Eric Foo · Thousand Oaks, US
Ziv Alon · Thousand Oaks, US
Charles McGuire · Newbury Park, US
Lawrence Routhenstein · Winter Garden, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 16, 2012
Grant date	Jul 9, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 16, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06K19/07722
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and process for conducting a transaction with an electronic card that dynamically generates transaction specific data determines whether the transaction is being conducted with a smart card reader or with a magnetic stripe reader. A smart card reader mode is activated if the transaction is being conducted with a smart card reader; a magnetic stripe reader mode is activated if the transaction is being conducted with a magnetic stripe reader. The electronic card is activated from a reduced power mode to a full power mode after either the smart card reader mode or the magnetic stripe reader mode is activated and the dynamic field of data is not generated until the full power mode is activated.

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