Cards and devices with magnetic emulators with zoning control and advanced interiors
A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable to act as a magnetic stripe read-head detector and a data transmitter. A multiple layer flexible PCB may be fabricated to include multiple magnetic emulators. An emulator may include a coil that includes magnetic, ferromagnetic, or ferromagnetic, material in the coil's interior. Coils may be associated with zones. As a read-head is detected to move from zone-to-zone, coils may be activated to transmit information in those zones.
1. A device comprising:
a first and a second zone;
a first and a second read-head detector each operable to detect a read-head of a magnetic stripe reader; and
a magnetic emulator operable to couple with and wirelessly communicate with the read-head of the magnetic stripe reader comprising a first and a second portion;
wherein the first portion and the first read-head detector are located in the first zone and the second portion and the second read-head detector are located in the second zone.
2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a processor wherein said processor utilizes a signal from the first read-head detector to communicate data using the first portion.
3. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a processor wherein:
the processor utilizes a signal from the first read-head detector to communicate data using the first portion, and
the processor utilizes a signal from the second read-head detector to communicate data using the second portion.
4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a processor wherein:
the magnetic emulator further comprises a third portion;
the third portion is located in the first and second zone; and
the processor utilizes a signal from the first and second read-head detector to communicate data using the third portion.