Patent ID: 8723675

Claim:
A smartcard connector system, comprising: a card holder having a card holding space, wherein said card holding space is adapted to receive an entire smartcard within said card holder; wherein said card holder is comprised of a shielding card holder to shield wireless transmissions from a smartcard within said card holder; a first signal transfer means connected to said card holder, wherein said first signal transfer means is in contact with said card holding space; and a second signal transfer means connected to said card holder, wherein said second signal transfer means is in communicative contact with said first signal transfer means; wherein said second signal transfer means is accessible from an exterior of said card holder and wherein said second signal transfer means is adapted to communicatively connect a smartcard received and held within said card holding space and in communicative contact with said first signal transfer means to an external data cable; wherein said external data cable includes a first end connector to connect to said second signal transfer means and a second end connector to connect to an electronic device, wherein said second end connector is comprised of an auxiliary smartcard.