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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1997
Jose Gutman, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Michael J. DeLuca, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A magnetically communicative card (,) has a ferrite core (,) extending substantially the width (,) of the card body (,) and has a conductor (,) wound around the ferrite core for the entire length of the ferrite core. Embedded within the card body is a controller (,) that controls a varying magnetic field emanating from the conductor to mimic a varying magnetic field produced by a conventional magnetic stripe card. Optionally, the card includes a sensor to sense a signal intercepted by the conductor from a varying magnetic field emanating from another device. The controller reads the sensed signal to receive communication from the other device. A magnetically communicative card (,) is alternatively flexibly attached and detachably coupled to an electronic wallet (,) to produce an apparatus (,). A wireless communication interface (,) is alternatively carried by the magnetically communicative card and the electronic wallet to provide wireless reconfiguration of the magnetically communicative card remotely.