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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2024
Cardware, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
David Wyatt, Austin, TX (US);
Cardware, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A payment card device includes a thin card-shaped payment-card-standard compatible body, a memory, a processor coupled to the memory; and a payment card reader interface. The payment card reader interface includes at least one interface selected from a set of payment-card-standard interfaces consisting of: a smart card reader interface, a magnetic-stripe interface, an RF interface, an NFC interface, a display interface, an information visible on the surface of the payment card device, and a wireless interface. The payment information for a transaction is operable to be conveyed via at least one of the payment-card-standard interfaces, and includes a limited-use payment information. The limited-use payment information is limited to a use only on the selected payment card interface used at a payment card reader facility. The limited-use payment information is invalid in a use other than via the selected payment card interface.