Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100072283 | HOLDER FOR SMALL IDENTIFICATION CARD - An article of manufacture includes a plastic substrate. The substrate has a first side and a second side that is opposite to the first side, with an adhesive material on the first side of the substrate. The article of manufacture further includes a ferrite layer on the second side of the plastic substrate. In addition, the article of manufacture includes a top sheet formed of plastic. The top sheet is joined to the substrate to form a pouch between the top sheet and the ferrite layer. The pouch is shaped and sized to hold a contactless integrated circuit (IC) identification card that has no more than half of a planar extent defined for the standard ID-1 identification card. The top sheet has a thickness of not more than about 0.2 mm. | 03-25-2010 |
20100163616 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN ASSOCIATION WITH IDENTIFICATION TOKEN - In some embodiments, a method includes supporting an identification token, issued to an account holder by a non-card shaped body of a device; communicating with a proximity coupling device via a wireless interface of the identification token; electrically connecting a communication device to an electrical connector attached to the non-card shaped body; and resetting a security parameter in the identification token in response, at least in part, to at least one signal from the communication device. In some embodiments, the non-card shaped body of the device is a non-card shaped body of a device issued to the account holder. In some embodiments, the communication device is a communication device issued to the account holder. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an identification token having a wireless interface; a non-card shaped body that encloses the identification token; and an electrical connector attached to the non-card shaped body and adapted to be electrically connected to a communication device; the identification token to communicate with a proximity coupling device via the wireless interface, and to reset a security parameter in the identification token in response, at least in part, to at least one signal from the communication device. | 07-01-2010 |
20110000968 | PAYMENT DEVICE HAVING APPEAL FOR STATUS CONSUMERS - An identification token includes a plastic body and an RFID IC embedded or contained in the body. An antenna is also embedded or contained in the body and is coupled to the RFID IC. A metallic coating is formed on the plastic body and is sufficiently thin so as permit wireless RF communication between the RFID IC and a proximity reader via the antenna. A clear protective coating is formed on the metallic coating so as to allow the metallic coating to be visible to a holder of the identification token. | 01-06-2011 |
20140337233 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND MEDIA FOR USE IN ASSOCIATION WITH IDENTIFICATION TOKEN AND/OR IN DOCKING - In accordance with some embodiments, apparatus comprises a body defining: a first seat to receive a first device having a wireless communication interface; and a second seat to receive a second device having a wireless communication interface; a first wireless communication interface supported by the body to communicate with the wireless communication interface of the first device; and a second wireless communication interface supported by the body to communicate with the wireless communication interface of the second device. In accordance with some embodiments, apparatus comprises a body comprising a flexible pad; a first communication interface supported by the flexible pad, the first communication interface comprising a first wireless communication interface to communicate with a wireless communication interface of a first device; a second communication interface supported by the flexible pad; and a controller supported by the flexible pad to couple the first wireless communication interface to the second communication interface. In accordance with some embodiments, a method comprises: receiving a first device having a wireless communication interface on a body of a dock; receiving a second device having a wireless communication interface on a body of a dock; communicating with the wireless communication interface of the first device using a first wireless communication interface supported by the body of the dock; and communicating with the wireless communication interface of the second device using a second wireless communication interface supported by the body of the dock. | 11-13-2014 |