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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2011
Applicant:
Graeme Mitchell, Dundee, GB;
Inventor:
Graeme Mitchell, Dundee, GB;
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/08 (2006.01); G06K 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G07F 19/00 (2006.01); G07D 11/00 (2006.01); G06Q 40/00 (2012.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of protecting a magnetic card inserted into a card reader in a self-service terminal is described. The method comprises detecting presentation of a card at a card reader; energizing an electromagnetic signal transmitter in response to detecting presentation of the card; detecting a change of state of a width switch; de-energizing the electromagnetic signal transmitter in response to detecting the change of state of the width switch; detecting a magnetic signal from a pre-read magnetic reader; and re-energizing an electromagnetic signal transmitter in response to detecting the magnetic signal from the pre-read magnetic reader.