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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2018
Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Wardah Salman Akhtar, New Delhi, IN;
Anshul Pandey, White Plains, NY (US);
Dinesh Kumar Lal, Haryana, IN;
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and a method for transmitting payment card information are provided. The system includes at least one memory including computer program code configured to, with at least one processor, cause the system at least to (i) receive, from a capacitive touch sensor, input signals generated in response to conductive elements of a payment card that is placed on the capacitive touch sensor, the conductive elements disposed on the payment card information present on the payment card, (ii) determine, using th e input signals, an orientation of the payment card that is placed on the capacitive touch sensor, (iii) compare the determined orientation with a reference orientation associated with the payment card, (iv) generate computer-readable payment card information based on the input signals on a condition that the determined orientation corresponds to the reference orientation, and (v) transmit the computer-readable payment card information to a payment processor module.