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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2015
Diebold Self-service Systems, Division of Diebold, Incorporated, North Canton, OH (US);
Doug Roth, Bolivar, OH (US);
James E. Pettitt, Canton, OH (US);
Andrew Ruszin, New Philadelphia, OH (US);
Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated, North Canton, OH (US);
Abstract
In accordance an example embodiment, there is disclosed herein a card reader having an opening allowing for card to be inserted. The card reader determines how long a card has been inserted into the card reader. If a card is inserted into the card reader for a time period greater than a predetermined time period, the card reader reads a chip on the card to obtain card data. If the card is removed from the card reader before the predetermined time period, the card reader obtains the card data from a magnetic stripe on the card.