Patent ID: 7441709

Claim:
An electronic card assembly comprising: a housing; a memory component positioned within said housing and adapted for storing first card information therein; an electronic card including an information portion and movably positioned within said housing and adapted for moving along a first path within said housing; an information removing component positioned within said housing relative to said first path and adapted for removing second card information from said information portion of said electronic card as said card moves along said first path in a first direction; an information writing component positioned within said housing relative to said first path and adapted for automatically writing said first card information into said information portion of said electronic card as said electronic card moves along said first path in the opposite direction; a fingerprint reader positioned within said housing and adapted for reading human information from a human being; and an information processing component positioned within said housing and adapted for receiving said human information from said human information read component and comparing said human information to said first card information within said memory component, said information writing component adapted for writing said first card information into said information portion of said electronic card if said information processing component favorably compares said human information to said first card information within said memory component.