Patent ID: 8794535

Claim:
A smart card for secure transactions comprising inside smart card body: at least one secure chip comprising: a communication interface in order to communicate with a card reader external to the smart card so as to carry out a transaction; and information stored in a memory of the secure chip; a card reader circuit connected to the secure chip via a switching circuit connected between the communications interface of the secure chip and a processor of the card reader circuit wherein the card reader circuit communicates with the secure chip using the same communications protocol as the reader external to the smart card uses to communicate with the secure chip; and an electronic display connected to the card reader circuit; and an independent battery; wherein the switching circuit allows communication between the communications interface of the secure chip and the processor of the card reader circuit in order to allow the card reader circuit access to the information stored in the memory of the secure chip so as to be able to display the information on the electronic display when the switches are closed.