Social Network and Apps Card

Abstract

This invention relates to a square with rounded angles smart card, in a non-conventional size, with a plurality of electronic circuits embedded in a specified pattern and assigned to different functionalities. This smart card with the means of a wired or contactless reader-writer apparatus, can be used for commercial, business or payment transactions and offers a number of advantages versus the old cards.

Claims

1. A square with rounded angles smart card for use with a reader-writer apparatus, said smart card comprises a plurality of chips embedded and arranged in a specified pattern that defines the position of each chip respect to the nearest vertical and parallel side edge of said smart card and assigns up to one chip and its relative functionality to one side of said smart card as to permit the insert and use of said smart card through the slot of the reader-writer apparatus through each side of the smart card where the chips are positioned.

2. The smart card of claim 1, wherein at least two chips are embedded in one face of said smart card in the proximity of two adjacent sides of the same and the opposite face of said smart card embeds a maximum of one chip which is not overlapped respect to anyone of the chips embedded in the opposite face of said smartcard.

3. The smartcard of one or more of claims 1-2 wherein the plurality of chips is embedded and arranged in a pattern that defines a constant value for the position of each chip respect to the nearest vertical side edge and parallel side edge of said smart card.

4. The smart card of claims 1 and 3 wherein the thickness of said smartcard is augmented twice its regular thickness with the insertion of an additional layer and said smart card comprises two chips embedded in the proximity of non adjacent sides of said smart card and further comprises two chips embedded in the opposite face of said smart card that are not overlapped with respect to the chips embedded in the opposite face.

5. The smart card of claims 1-2 and 4 wherein in the plurality of the chips embedded in said smart card, two of those adjacent chips are arranged in a pattern with a variable value that defines their relative position respect to their nearest vertical side edge and parallel side edge of said smart card.

6. The smart card of claims 1-2-3 and 5 wherein one face of said smartcard displays in full size with respect to the surface of said smart card a logo or an indicia or a logo inscribed into an icon button in the corresponding aspect ratio of said smartcard.

7. The smart card of any preceding claim, wherein said smart card comprises a RFID or NFC microchip with antenna and memory means to store, process data and communicate with an apparatus via radio waves

8. The smart card of one or more of claims 1-2-3-4-5 and 7 wherein one face of said smart card comprises an algorithm generated card-number which includes data related to the Issuer, data related to the Cardholder, the expiration date, an hologram and a verification code with a signature field for authentication and said smart card further comprises on the opposite face of same said smartcard a fully inscribed icon or logo of the affinity Partner of said smart card and an univocal ID serial number associated with a social network account paired with an univocal internet protocol address.

9. The smart card of one or more of the preceding claims wherein said smart card is writable and readable to process, execute or validate commercial, business or payment transactions by the means of a reader-writer apparatus that communicates and receives information through a global computer network and their interconnected computers and servers.

10. The smart card of claim 9 or any preceding claims wherein the reader-writer apparatus with which said smart card is connected for performing the requested tasks is an automatic teller machine, a point of sale terminal, an enabled smartphone, other mobile device with appropriate means, an automatic vending machine with reader-writer, or computer with reader-writer peripherals.

11. The smart card of one or more of the preceding claims wherein said smart card comprises one or more chips with memory means with private or public editable memory partitions where said smart card stores information related to the user, bank information, loyalty information and redeemable vouchers, information related to social networks, executable files, mobile applications and internet hyperlinks.

12. The smart card of claims 1-2-3-4-7-8 and 11 where a said smart card comprises a Subscriber Identification Module—SIM, punched in said smart card.

13. The smart card of one or more of the preceding claims, wherein said smart card is written and subsequently output from the slot of the reader-writer apparatus of an automatic teller machine or automatic vending machine with data gathered from servers connected with a social network through a global communications network

14. The reader-writer apparatus of said smart card whereas once the smart card of claim 12 is read, said reader-apparatus communicates through a global computer network with the servers of a mobile phone operator and transmits data related to said apparatus and smart card of claim 12 and receives data related to a subscription plan.

15. The smart card of any preceding claims, wherein the reader-writer apparatus of claims 9-10-13 performs the requested reading-writing tasks with a single contact pad that overlaps one chip of said smart card per time or alternatively through brackets and contact pads that overlaps more than on chip of said card simultaneously.

Description

[0044] Although the invention in the specification has been described in such terms that one skilled in the art can make and use the claimed invention, the understanding of the subject matter sought to be patented will be better understood in connection with some of the accompanying drawings.