DEVICE FOR REDUCING OR PREVENTING EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION
A device that is adapted to receive a card including information, such as confidential information, in machine-readable form is disclosed. The device includes a body, wherein at least a portion of the body is made of a material that is adapted to attenuate or disrupt an interrogating signal sent toward the card or a return signal sent from the card to thereby at least reduce the likelihood that the confidential information is read from the card.
1 . A device that is adapted to receive a card comprising information in machine-readable form, the device comprising:
a body, wherein at least a portion of the body is comprised of a material that is adapted to attenuate an interrogating signal sent toward the card or a return signal sent from the card.
2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the entirety of the body is comprised of the material.
3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the material is adapted to attenuate at least one of the interrogating signal and the return signal by approximately 1-1000 dB.
4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the information is confidential information.
5 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the material comprises a metal.
6 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the material is a transparent material.
7 . The device of claim 6 , wherein the material is electrically conductive.
8 . The device of claim 6 , wherein the material is flexible.
9 . The device of claim 6 , wherein the transparent material is at least one of indium-tin-oxide (ITO) and copper-tin-oxide (CTO).
10 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a first surface and a second surface, and wherein the first surface comprises the material.
11 . The device of claim 10 , wherein the first surface is a front surface of the device.
12 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a first surface and a second surface, and wherein the second surface comprises the material.
13 . The device of claim 12 , wherein the second surface is a back surface of the device.
14 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a first surface and a second surface, and wherein the first surface comprises the material and the material is transparent.
15 . A device that is adapted to receive a card comprising information in machine-readable form, the device comprising:
a body, wherein at least a portion of the body is comprised of a transparent conductive material.
16 . The device of claim 15 , wherein the entirety of the body is comprised of the transparent conductive material.
17 . The device of claim 15 , wherein the transparent conductive material is adapted to attenuate at least one of an interrogating signal to be directed toward the card and a return signal to be sent from the card by approximately 1-1000 dB.
18 . The device of claim 15 , wherein the transparent conductive material is flexible.
19 . The device of claim 18 , wherein the transparent conductive material is at least one of indium-tin-oxide (ITO) and copper-tin-oxide (CTO).
20 . The device of claim 15 , wherein the information is confidential information.
21 . The device of claim 15 , wherein the body comprises a first surface and a second surface, and wherein the first surface comprises the transparent conductive material.
22 . The device of claim 21 , wherein the first surface is a front surface of the device.
23 . The device of claim 15 , wherein the body comprises a first surface and a second surface, and wherein the second surface comprises the transparent conductive material.
24 . The device of claim 23 , wherein the second surface is a back surface of the device.
25 . The device of claim 15 , wherein the body comprises a first surface and a second surface, and wherein the first surface comprises the transparent conductive material and the transparent conductive material is absent from the second surface.
26 . A method, comprising:
providing a card comprising information in machine-readable form; and
positioning the card at least partially within an opening in a body of a device, wherein at least a portion of the body is comprised of a material that is adapted to attenuate an interrogating signal sent toward the card or a return signal sent from the card.
27 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the entirety of the body is comprised of the material.
28 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the material is adapted to attenuate at least one of the interrogating signal and the return signal by approximately 1-1000 dB.
29 . The device of claim 26 , wherein the information is confidential information.
30 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the material comprises a metal.
31 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the material is a transparent material.
32 . The method of claim 31 , wherein the material is electrically conductive.
33 . The method of claim 31 , wherein the material is flexible.
34 . The method of claim 31 , wherein the transparent material is at least one of indium-tin-oxide (ITO) and copper-tin-oxide (CTO).
35 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the body comprises a first surface and a second surface, and wherein the first surface comprises the material.
36 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the body comprises a first surface and a second surface, and wherein the first surface comprises the material and the material is transparent.