Credit, security, debit cards and the like with buttons
A card is provided, such as a credit card or security card, that may transmit information to a magnetic stripe reader via a magnetic emulator. The emulator may transmit the information in order to reduce the amount of circuitry needed to emulate a particular block of information. Additionally, for example, one or more buttons may be included on the card. Buttons may be includes, for example, to provide a control interface to navigate through various options of the card. Additionally, coding schemes may be selected via buttons. Furthermore, a card may be locked until a private number is entered into a card or a number may only be generated (e.g., displayed and/or emulated) once a particular private number is entered into a card.
1. A card comprising:
a plurality of buttons;
a dynamic magnetic communications device operable to communicate at least one track of magnetic stripe information to a read head of a magnetic stripe reader, the dynamics communication device being fabricated on a first printed circuit board; and
an EMV chip, mounted to a second printed circuit board, for determining whether a match occurs between a sequence of manual input entered into said plurality of buttons and a stored sequence,
wherein data is displayed on a display if said match occurs.
2. The card of claim 1 , wherein said display is non bi-stable.
3. The card of claim 1 , wherein said display is bi-stable.
4. The card of claim 1 , wherein said display is located above said plurality of buttons.
5. The card of claim 1 , wherein said display is located to the right of said plurality of buttons.
6. The card of claim 1 , further comprising an RFID.
7. The card of claim 1 , further comprising an RFID and a battery.
8. The card of claim 1 , further comprising a card reader communications device.
9. The card of claim 1 , further comprising a magnetic stripe read-head detector.
10. The card of claim 1 , further comprising a dynamic magnetic stripe communications device.
11. The card of claim 1 , further comprising a card reader communications device for communicating a data block.
12. The card of claim 1 , further comprising a card reader communications device for communicating a data block after said match occurs.
13. The card of claim 1 , further comprising a card reader communications device for communicating a data block serially.
14. The card of claim 1 , wherein said sequence of manual input is a personal identification number.
15. The card of claim 1 , wherein said data includes at least a portion of a payment number.
16. The card of claim 1 , wherein said data includes at least a portion of a credit card number.
17. The card of claim 1 , wherein said data includes at least a portion of a debit card number.