Card processing device

Details Card processing device Card processing device

1996-10-18

1998-07-21

Wong, Don

Registers

Systems controlled by data bearing records

Credit or identification card systems

235381, 235493, G06K 1908

Patent

active

057838097

ABSTRACT:
A card processing device capable of commonly attaining processing of a plurality of sorts of cards of the same specifications by means of a single card reader/writer. The card processing device includes a card including a print record layer and a magnetic record layer, as well as a card reader/writer including a thermal head for printing and a magnetic head for reading and writing. The magnetic record layer is provided with a card sort discrimination code record region, in which a card sort discrimination code for discriminating among a system card, a prepaid card, a stamp card and a point card is recorded. The card reader/writer has a prepaid card processing program, a stamp card processing program and a point card processing program stored therein, so that a program to be executed may be automatically selected depending on the card sort discrimination code read, resulting in card processing being attained.

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patent: 5644750 (1997-07-01), Iijima

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