Patent ID: 7475818
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for testing the functionality of a smart card containing device having a recessed battery compartment and a recessed smart card compartment separate from the battery compartment, said recessed smart card compartment being sized for receiving a production smart card having a length and a width such that the production smart card is captured inside the smart card compartment during use via one or more projections that vertically block part of the opening of the smart card compartment, with said projections allowing a production smart card to be captured in the smart card compartment, said smart card compartment being positioned inside the battery compartment, the apparatus comprising: a housing comprising: wherein at least one of the length and width of the test smart card component has a size that is reduced relative to the dimensions of the production smart card such that the test smart card component is receivable in one of a vertical or an angled, rotating motion into the smart card compartment such that the test smart card does not engage the one or more projections in the smart card compartment as it is received into the smart card compartment, and the battery component has a size and shape that is receivable in one of a vertical or an angled, rotating motion into the battery compartment substantially simultaneously with the insertion of the test smart card component.