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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2024
Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Sanjay Lohar, Charlotte, NC (US);
Jesus Alvarez Solis, Buckeye, AZ (US);
Karen Mcfeeters, York, SC (US);
Madeline Fest, Charlotte, NC (US);
Kyle Mayers, Charlotte, NC (US);
Naomi Verma, Washington, DC (US);
Adam Kristian King, Fort Mill, SC (US);
Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A smart card with a hard-wired tamper detection system and near-field communication is provided. The smart card may include a tamper detection unit ('TDU') that may include a smart chip embedded in the smart card. The smart chip may be connected to a battery by two electrical wires. The smart chip may be connected to a simplified onboard tamper alerting system (“SOTAS”) by one electrical wire. The smart card may include a stripe scrambling film on a magnetic stripe of the smart card. The SOTAS may be configured to alert an issuer of the smart card in response to a trigger of a tamper detection, the trigger may be a signal received from the TDU in response to a removal of the smart chip from the smart card thereby causing each of the three wires to fracture and may render the smart chip inoperable.