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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2001
Sue-ken Yap, Lane Cove, AU;
Robert Smeallie, Normanhurst, AU;
Hayden Graham Fleming, Ryde, AU;
William Simpson-young, Eastwood, AU;
Anthony Timothy Robert Newman, Glebe, AU;
Zhenya Alexander Yourlo, Roseville, AU;
Sue-Ken Yap, Lane Cove, AU;
Robert Smeallie, Normanhurst, AU;
Hayden Graham Fleming, Ryde, AU;
William Simpson-Young, Eastwood, AU;
Anthony Timothy Robert Newman, Glebe, AU;
Zhenya Alexander Yourlo, Roseville, AU;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A service providing apparatus for providing a service to a user of a user interface card () is disclosed. The card () is configured for insertion into a card read device () that has a receptacle () to receive the interface card (). The interface card () comprises a substrate () with indicia () formed thereon. The apparatus also comprises a central processing unit for receiving a service identifier and data stored on the card (), from the read device (). The data is related to a user selected indicia (), wherein the central processing unit is configured to provide a service. The service is identified by the service identifier.