Patent ID: 7051932

Claim:
An adaptor for a magnetic stripe card reader comprising: a simulacrum configured to be substantially permanently positioned within a slot of a magnetic stripe card reader, the simulacrum comprising an inductor aligned with a magnetic head of the magnetic stripe card reader and configured to generate a magnetic field sensed by the magnetic head, a presence of the simulacrum within the slot allowing the magnetic head to continue to receive signals from a magnetic stripe card; a wireless transceiver, wherein the wireless transceiver is housed in an element separate from the simulacrum, the element in electronic communication with the simulacrum through one of a wired and a wireless connection; and a processor in electronic communication with the wireless transceiver, the processor configured to receive a wireless signal from the wireless transceiver, to convert the wireless signal into a corresponding series of electrical pulses emulating the wireless signal in a magnetic stripe format, and to communicate the pulses to the simulacrum.