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Lenscard U.s., LLC

Innovative Card Technologies, Inc.

Universal Magnifier LLC

Finkelstein; Alan

Alan Finkelstein

Robert H Boede

Donald A Dixon

Donald F Dixon

Ron Gschwandtner

Robert Mayer

Don Joyce

Michael Nicholson

Laurence Mayer

A distinctive recorded sound is generated when a credit card or other financial transaction card is used at a point of sale (POS) terminal. As is common, the POS terminal includes a card reader through which the card is swiped to read data that is encoded on a magnetic stripe affixed to the card. A recorded sound may be stored in the card or in the card reader. In either case, the sound is played back through the card reader when the card is swiped.

Financial transaction card with sound recording

Financial transaction and similar cards are fabricated with a split core adapted to received embedded electronic circuitry. The card core has two or more laminated layers. The cavity is milled into one or more of the layers to receive the electronic circuitry. The core layers are then laminated together, along with protective overlays. Alternative fabrication methods include co-extrusion and injection molding.

Method for making a financial transaction card with embedded electronic circuitry

A wallet card, such as a financial transaction card, has a substantially non-foldable semi-rigid base. Optionally, the semi-rigid base may include a magnifying lens. One or more lights are disposed in the card base to provide illumination.

Wallet card with built-in light

A wallet card adapted for use in reading externally stored information includes a transparent, substantially non-foldable semi-rigid base. The semi-rigid base comprises a magnifying lens. One or more lights are disposed in the card base to provide illumination.

Wallet card with a magnifying lens and light

A wallet card adapted for use in reading externally stored information includes a transparent, substantially non-foldable semi-rigid base. The semi-rigid base includes a magnifying lens. The lens is formed by heating a lens forming die to a temperature sufficient to soften the base material and then cooling the die prior to withdrawing the die from the base material.

Method for making a wallet card with an integral magnifying lens

A financial transaction card for reading externally stored information includes a transparent, substantially non-foldable rigid base and a strip for carrying machine readable information. The rigid base comprises a magnifying lens. The lens is formed by machining a shallow cavity in the rigid base; partially filling the cavity with a radiation curable liquid resin; impressing a lens pattern on the surface of the resin with a die; and exposing the resin to radiation of sufficient intensity to cure the resin.

Credit card with magnifying lens formed with a radiation-curable resin

Credit card with magnifying lens

A financial transaction card adapted for use in reading externally stored information includes a substantially non-foldable rigid base and a strip for carrying machine readable information, The rigid base comprises a magnifying lens.

A financial transaction card adapted for individual use in reading information stored externally to the card, having machine readable information contained thereon identifying the user and the issuing institution for transacting business at locations remote from the issuing institution, includes:

Credit card with a fresnel magnifying lens formed in a section of the

Credit card with magnifying lens design

A credit card includes an integral magnifying lens positioned in the non-data area on the credit card for permitting magnification of the credit card transaction form at the point-of-sale. The placement of the lens assures that the machine readability of the magnetic encoding strip and the embossed indicia associated with the card is not impaired. The magnifying lens incorporates a fresnel-type contour lens mounted in a window provided in the credit card base.

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Beverly Hills, CA, United States of America

Alan Finkelstein