Card reader for transmission of data by sound

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6129277
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09127812

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A portable card reader is designed to be carried in a wallet or purse. In a first embodiment, the card reader has an electromagnetic head that reads information from a magnetic strip of a card. In a second embodiment, information is read from the card by an array of Hall sensors. In both embodiments, the information read from the card is converted to a sequence of electronic bursts of predetermined frequency, preferably in the audible or ultrasound range. The sound signals are output by a speaker to the microphone of a telephone. The signal is then transmitted over the telephone lines to a remote receiver. The receiver then converts the sound bursts into signal pulses which can be read using the computer software of a conventional card reader.

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PRIVICOM INC3208 WOODHOLLOW DRIVE CHEVY CHASE MD 20815

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gambino, Richard J Stony Brook, NY 44 2333
Grant, Alan H Chevy Chase, MD 29 1774

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