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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2005
Bruce Lyle Moullette, Modesto, CA (US);
Mohammad A. Khan, San Jose, CA (US);
Jorge M. Fernandes, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Ahmer Ali Khan, La Jolla, CA (US);
Anna C. Stockel, San Jose, CA (US);
Bruce Lyle Moullette, Modesto, CA (US);
Mohammad A. Khan, San Jose, CA (US);
Jorge M. Fernandes, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Ahmer Ali Khan, La Jolla, CA (US);
Anna C. Stockel, San Jose, CA (US);
VIVOtech, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An adaptor in accordance with the present invention allows a conventional magnetic stripe card POS reader to receive information from contact-based or wireless sources while maintaining the concurrent ability of the reader to interact with a magnetic stripe card. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the adaptor includes an inductor capable of generating a magnetic field of sufficient power to couple with a head of a magnetic stripe card reader through the housing of the reader device. In this manner, the adaptor can be positioned external to the reader device, leaving the slot of the reader accessible for conventional interactions with magnetic stripe cards. Selective inductive communication with individual heads of the reader device may exploit their differing sensitivity to external magnetic fields generated by the adaptor.