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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1999
Jacob L. Bell, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A magnetic strip interface reads data from a first track and a second track of a magnetic strip. The magnetic strip interface transmits the data read from the first track to a first data handler, which converts this data into a first data word, and the magnetic strip interface also transmits the data read from the second track to a second data handler, which converts this data into a second data word. The first and second data handlers transmit the first and second data words, respectively, to a multiplexer in response to command signals transmitted from a control mechanism. The multiplexer transmits the first and second data words received from the first and second data handlers, respectively, in response to control signals transmitted from the control mechanism. The control mechanism analyzes a priority scheme to determine the timing of transmissions from the data handlers.