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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2012
Mark Poidomani, Windemere, FL (US);
Joan Ziegler, Tiburon, CA (US);
Eric Foo, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Ziv Alon, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Charles Mcguire, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Lawrence Routhenstein, Ocoee, FL (US);
Mark Poidomani, Windemere, FL (US);
Joan Ziegler, Tiburon, CA (US);
Eric Foo, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Ziv Alon, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Charles McGuire, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Lawrence Routhenstein, Ocoee, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method for communicating with a magnetic stripe reader which has a magnetic read head by activating the electronic apparatus from an off state to a reduced power mode, then detecting the magnetic stripe reader, then activating the electronic apparatus from the reduced power mode to a full power mode after detection of the magnetic read head, and then broadcasting a signal that contains a transaction specific data packet that is read by the magnetic read head. The signal is broadcast without using a static magnetic stripe and it is a time varying and spatial varying magnetic field that is interpreted by the magnetic read head as originating from a standard magnetic stripe. A monitoring system can be used to identify what type of point-of-transaction terminal is being used to read the electronic apparatus and choose a timing of the magnetic stripe broadcaster to accommodate it.