Rechargeable prepaid memory card with both unit and page counters

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5264689
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07817869

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The disclosure concerns memory cards and, more particularly, cards that are used as means of prepayment in installations for the dispensing of products and services. It is proposed to make the memory rechargeable by means of a credit counter, incrementable from outside the card, and a comparator which compares the content of this counter with that of a page counter. The page counter records the number of pages of P accounting units already used up. A no more credit signal is emitted on an external terminal when the content of the page counter reaches the content of the credit counter. A security system against the fraudulent recharging of the card is set up by an algorithm bringing into play the content of the credit counter and an identification number contained in the card.

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LA POSTE20 AVENUE DE SEGUR PARIS FRANCE 75700

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Depret, Eric Caen, FR 6 247
Hiolle, Philippe Herouville Saint Clair, FR 4 288
Maes, Philippe Peynier, FR 2 142

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