One embodiment is a flat card that includes an electrically non-conductive substrate and a plurality of electrical conductors disposed on a surface of the non-conductive substrate. The conductors are connected together to form patterns of conductive lines connected to conductive geometric shapes located at ends of the conductive lines. A switch is positioned between two of the conductive geometric shapes and switchable between an open state and a closed state.

A digital programmable smart card terminal device and token collectively known as the token device is disclosed. The token device comprises a field programmable token device which accepts a user's smart card. The combination of token device and smart card may then be used for a variety of applications that include user authentication, secure access, encryption. One specific application is that of an electronic wallet. In one embodiment, an electronic smart card terminal includes a smart card reader adapted to receive and communicate with a smart card having smart card data stored thereon; token personality logic programmed based on the smart card data as a token personality subsequent to insertion of the smart card in the smart card reader; and a communications mechanism for communicating authentication data derived from the token personality. Since the smart card terminal only gains its token personality when a smart card is inserted, manufacture and distribution of the terminal on a wide scale is possible.

A card reader for use with a mobile phone includes a flat body having an upper side, a lower side and at least one side wall, a connector for connecting the card reader to a mobile phone, a chip card reader, including an elongated opening in a side wall of the card reader, adapted to read a chip card, positioned in a first plane, in the opening; and a magnet stripe reader including a slot in a side wall of the card reader, the slot being adapted to read a magnet stripe slid in the slot along a second plane; wherein the first plane and the second plane intersect.

The problem of the present invention is to provide a tablet-type portable electronic device that can perform payment by way of a card, as well as having a compact size. A tablet-type portable electronic device of the present invention includes a plate-shaped housing having a front surface, a touch panel and display unit provided to the front surface of the housing, and reading units that perform reading processing of a card related to payment. The reading units are configured integrally with the housing.

One embodiment is a flat card that includes an electrically non-conductive substrate and a plurality of electrical conductors disposed on a surface of the non-conductive substrate. The conductors are connected together to form patterns of conductive lines connected to conductive geometric shapes located at ends of the conductive lines. A switch is positioned between two of the conductive geometric shapes and switchable between an open state and a closed state.

A card reader with a protective mechanism includes an upper shell, a lower shell disposed to a bottom surface of the upper shell, a protective mechanism and a circuit board assembly disposed between the upper shell and the lower shell. The protective mechanism includes a front cover, a rear cover covered to a rear of the front cover, two rollers disposed along an up-down direction, two springs, two supporting structures and a plurality of sealing structures. The two springs elastically abut between an inner surface of a top wall of the front cover and one roller along a vertical direction. The two supporting structures are mounted around two opposite sides of the one roller, and two opposite sides of the other roller. The plurality of the sealing structures are disposed at two outer surfaces of the two supporting structures.

A biometric electronic card is disclosed. The biometric electronic card includes an electronic transactions unit to enable secure financial transactions; a communications network unit; a card data encoding storage; an input/output unit to interact with the biometric electronic card and to verify biometrics of a user; a power source; and a location positioning unit, where the electronic transactions unit, the communications network unit, the card data encoding storage, the input/output unit, the power source and the location positioning unit are all integrated with the biometric electronic card. A biometric electronic card case for interaction with the biometric electronic card is disclosed. The biometric electronic card case includes an input/output unit; a securing mechanism; a protective cover surrounding the biometric electronic card case; an integrated biometric electronic card case circuit; a power source; a communications unit; a processing unit; and a location positioning unit.

The problem of the present invention is to provide a tablet-type portable electronic device that can perform payment by way of a card, as well as having a compact size. A tablet-type portable electronic device of the present invention includes a plate-shaped housing having a front surface, a touch panel and display unit provided to the front surface of the housing, and reading units that perform reading processing of a card related to payment. The reading units are configured integrally with the housing.

A card reader with a protective mechanism includes an upper shell, a lower shell disposed to a bottom surface of the upper shell, a protective mechanism and a circuit board assembly disposed between the upper shell and the lower shell. The protective mechanism includes a front cover, a rear cover covered to a rear of the front cover, two rollers disposed along an up-down direction, two springs, two supporting structures and a plurality of sealing structures. The two springs elastically abut between an inner surface of a top wall of the front cover and one roller along a vertical direction. The two supporting structures are mounted around two opposite sides of the one roller, and two opposite sides of the other roller. The plurality of the sealing structures are disposed at two outer surfaces of the two supporting structures.

Various aspects of the disclosure generally relate to point-of-sale credit card processing devices. More specifically, the disclosure relates to synchronizing device communications with other device functions in order to reduce cross-platform interference and meet certification requirements.