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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2010
Raymond Merrill, Jr., San Ramon, CA (US);
Hong Wan, Plymouth, MN (US);
Raymond Merrill, Jr., San Ramon, CA (US);
Hong Wan, Plymouth, MN (US);
MCube Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A handheld device for capturing magnetic credit card data includes a MEMS magnetic field sensor disposed within the housing, wherein the MEMS magnetic field sensor is configured to determine a plurality of magnetic data stored on a magnetic stripe of a user provided media when the user disposes a user provided media proximate to the housing, and a processor disposed within the housing and coupled to the MEMS magnetic field sensor, wherein the processor is programmed to receive the plurality of user data stored on the user provided media, wherein the processor is configured to execute an application program, and wherein the processor is programmed to provide at least a subset of the plurality of user data to the application program.