Patent ID: 7080783
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A data storage card having optical and magnetic data storage regions, and formed to cooperatively engage both a magnetic stripe reader and an optical data reader, the card comprising: a) a card body defining first and second opposed generally planar surfaces; b) at least one annular optical data storage region disposed on at least one of the first and second surfaces of the card body; c) at least one magnetic linear data storage region disposed on at least one of the first and second surfaces; d) an optical carriage engaging aperture formed in the card body to engage a drive mechanism of an optical data reader; and e) a covering member attached to at least one of the first and second surfaces and extending over the aperture, the covering member being resiliently displaceable away from the aperture to allow engagement of the aperture to a drive mechanism of an optical data reader.