Granted Patent B2

US 9,361,444 · App. 14/033,579 · Granted Jun 7, 2016

Inventors: Amit Antebi (Ramat-Gan, IL); Alon Atsmon (Yahud, IL); Zvi Lev (Tel-Aviv, IL); Moshe Cohen (Tel-Aviv, IL)

Assignee: Dialware Inc.

G06F21/35G01S5/22G01S15/74G06K19/0728G01S7/003G01S11/16

Abstract

Claims (38)

1. A method of interfacing a smart card and an electronic device, said method comprising:

providing a smart card having:

(a) a magnetic memory strip;

(b) an acoustic transduction element;

(c) an acoustic antenna configured to transmit an acoustic signal generated by the acoustic transduction element; and

(d) a processor configured to use information stored on the magnetic memory strip and control the acoustic transduction element to generate the acoustic signal;

providing the electronic device having at least one of a microphone and a speaker configured to be used as an input device;

converting, by the processor, data stored on the magnetic memory strip to the acoustic signal;

transmitting the acoustic signal via the acoustic antenna to the electronic device via a microphone input at the electronic device;

transmitting a signal by the electronic device to a remote server;

transmitting programming data by the remote server to the electronic device; and

transmitting the acoustic signal including the programming data from the electronic device to a second device.

2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising, before said converting, swiping the smart card at the input device.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said acoustic signal includes encoded data, said method further comprising:

transmitting a signal containing the encoded data by the electronic device to a remote server; and

at least one of authenticating a user of the smart card and authorizing use of the smart card by the remote server.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said acoustic signal includes first encoded data, said method further comprising:

transmitting a signal containing the first encoded data by the electronic device to a remote server; and

transmitting second encoded data to the electronic device by the remote server; and

downloading the second encoded data to the smart card.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said transmitting is performed using one of a microphone line and the microphone as one of a sonic, ultrasonic, and non-acoustic antenna.

6. A method of interfacing a smart card and an electronic device, said method comprising:

providing a smart card, wherein the smart card includes: (a) data readable by a magnetic-field sensitive sensor, (b) a magnetic field generating unit, and (c) an antenna configured to transmit data from the magnetic field generating unit to an electronic device;

selecting data from the smart card to be made available to be read; and

transmitting magnetic signals read to the electronic device by the magnetic reader via the antenna.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the magnetic reader is provided on the smart card.

8. A method of interfacing a smart card and an electronic device, said method comprising:

providing the smart card, wherein the smart card (a) includes data readable by a magnetic reader, (b) is one of an RF and a magnetic field generating unit configured to transmit data to the electronic device via one of a read/write head and a cable, and (c) is coupled by the cable to the electronic device, the smart card including an antenna for transmitting data to the cable;

selecting by a user specific data from the smart card to be made available to be read;

transmitting magnetic signals read to the electronic device by the magnetic reader.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the antenna is configured to transmit data by any of: surrounding the cable, piercing the cable, being placed in proximity to the cable, and being placed inside a device casing of the cable, thereby allowing for transmitting data from the smart card to the electronic device.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the specific data is transmitted directly from the smart card to a second smart card.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the specific data is transmitted from the smart card to a second smart card via a mediating computer.

12. A method of interfacing a smart card and an electronic device, said method comprising:

providing the smart card, wherein the smart card includes data readable by a magnetic reader;

selecting by a user specific data from the smart card to be made available to be read;

transmitting magnetic signals read to the electronic device by the magnetic reader;

interfacing at least a second smart card with the electronic device, said method including assigning to the smart card one or more accessing slots corresponding to one of: time division coding slots, and frequency division coding slots, to avoid collisions to the smart card.

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Priority Claims (3)

Continuity (11)