US6402029B1
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Method and apparatus for combining data for multiple magnetic stripe cards or other sources
Assignee: Stripe LLC
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Filing: 2000-09-18
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Granted: 2002-06-11
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Expires: 2020-09-18
Abstract
Abstract A method of writing additional foreign data either to a blank magnetic card and/or to an existing magnetic striped card is used to consolidate information from possibly multiple credit type cards onto a single card. The additional data that may be from multiple cards or that may be generated or gathered from other sources can then be written to a single card for example to consolidate the information.
Inventors
- 👤 Frank J. Gangi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 14:39
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/30; G06Q20/32; G06Q20/322; G06Q20/3224; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/20; G06K; G06K7/00; G06K7/0004; G06Q20/10; G06Q20/105; G06Q20/108; G06Q20/16; G06Q20/202; G06Q20/204; G06Q20/206; G06Q20/208; G06Q20/34; G06Q20/341; G06Q20/357; G06Q20/3574; G06Q20/36; G06Q20/38; G06Q20/382; G06Q20/3829; G06Q20/383; G06Q20/40; G06Q20/401; G06Q20/4012; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/02; G06Q30/0207; G06Q30/0238; G06Q30/0241; G06Q30/0251; G06Q30/0253; G06Q30/06; G07; G07F; G07F7/00; G07F7/08; G07F7/0873; G07F7/088; G07F7/0886; G07F7/0893; G07F7/10; G07F7/1008; G07F7/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
52 words
A magnetically encoded card comprising: at least one track originally containing data; at least some additional data written on said track placed between a set of special control codes, wherein said additional data is written on said card at a time subsequent to the initial data being placed on said one track.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
52 words
A magnetically encoded card comprising: at least one track originally containing data; at least some additional data written on said track placed between a set of special control codes, wherein said additional data is written on said card at a time subsequent to the initial data being placed on said one track.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A card as in claim 1 wherein the additional data written is written at a different track density from the original data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A card as in claim 1 wherein the additional data written is written at the same track density as the original data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
A card as in claim 1 wherein said additional data comprises: affinity data.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
A card as in claim 1 wherein said additional data comprises: account data.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
13 words
A card as in claim 1 wherein said additional data comprises: identification data.
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