Patent ID: 7942339
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An electronic card including means for transmitting a signal to a user of said electronic card, an electronic unit, an electric energy source, a switch actuatable by the user of the electronic card and an application introduced into said electronic unit, wherein the electronic unit further includes means for detecting actuation of said switch, arranged for determining whether said actuation ends within a first time interval from the start of actuation, the end of said first time interval occurring after transmission of a signal perceptible to the card user on a digital display, or for determining whether said switch actuation ends within a second time interval from the start of transmission of said user perceptible signal, said application being actuated or the actuation thereof being validated when said means for detecting actuation of said switch have detected the end of said switch actuation within said first interval or said second interval.