Patent ID: 6814285
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A debit card information storage and transferring device comprising:a debit card having a magnetic strip thereon for removably storing information; a memory means for storing information; a plurality of input actuators for inputting and retrieving information; a display for displaying said information; a control for processing data, said control being operationally coupled to said memory means, said input actuators and said display; a writing means for writing selected information on said magnetic strip, said writing means being adapted for replacing information on said magnetic strip with a newer set of information, said writing means being operationally coupled to said control; wherein sets of information from multiple credit accounts may be stored in said memory means, wherein said credit account information may be selectively written on said debit card: a microchip being positioned on said debit card for identifying said debit card; a reading means for reading said microchip, said reading means being operationally coupled to said control, said reading means being adapted for reading a specific microchip; and wherein said control turns said memory means on when said microchip is being read by said reading means; and wherein said reading means and said writing means are positioned in a first panel, said first panel having a slot therein for receiving said debit card such that said debit card may be positioned against said reading means, said control being positioned in a second panel, said display means being mounted on a first side of said second panel, said second panel being hingedly coupled to said first panel such that said first panel may be positioned over said display means.