Patent ID: 7819321
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: G06Q,H04Q

Abstract:
1. An accessory for a financial token, the financial token having an embedded processor, a memory, an energy source, and an electrical interface, the accessory comprising: an onboard power source; charging circuit means for electrically charging the onboard power source by physical movement of the accessory; a mass and a piezoelectric crystal electrically coupled to the charging circuit means, wherein the physical movement of the accessory includes impact of the mass on the piezoelectric crystal, whereby the piezoelectric crystal delivers an electrical current into the onboard power source; an integrated processor; a user interface; a power circuit; means for placing the financial token in electrical communication with the power circuit through the electrical interface to charge the energy source; and storage, wherein each of the onboard power source, the integrated processor, the user interface, the power circuit, and the storage are in electrical communication with at least one of the others.