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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2002
Sue-Ken Yap, New South Wales, AU;
Andrew Timothy Robert Newman, Glebe, AU;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An interface card ( ) comprising a substrate ( ) with indicia ( ) formed thereon is disclosed. The card ( ) is configured for insertion into a read device ( ). The read device ( ) has a substantially transparent touch sensitive membrane ( ) arranged to overlay the interface card ( ) so as to present the indicia ( ) to a user of the read device ( ) through the membrane ( ). The card ( ) comprises a memory ( ) for storing a distinguishing identifier and a service identifier for identifying a service to be received via an external device ( ) according to indicia selected by the user and data stored in the memory ( ) and associated with the indicia ( ).