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Cards with serial magnetic emulatorsCards with serial magnetic emulators description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20090159669, Cards with serial magnetic emulators. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Nos. 61/016,491 filed on Dec. 24, 2007 (Docket No. JDM/019 PROV), 61/026,846 filed on Feb. 7, 2008 (Docket No. JDM/019PROV2), 61/027,807 filed on Feb. 11, 2008 (Docket. No. JDM/020 PROV), 61/081,003 filed on Jul. 15, 2008 (Docket No. D/005 PROV), 61/086,239 filed on Aug. 5, 2008 (Docket No. D/006 PROV), 61/090,423 filed on Aug. 20, 2008 (Docket No. D/007 PROV), 61/097,401 filed Sep. 16, 2008 (Docket No. D/008 PROV), 61/112,766 filed on Nov. 9, 2008 (Docket No. D/009 PROV), 61/117,186 filed on Nov. 23, 2008 (D/010 PROV), 61/119,366 filed on Dec. 2, 2008 (Docket No. D/011 PROV), and 61/120,813 filed on Dec. 8, 2008, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. This invention relates to cards such as payment cards. A card, or other device, is provided with a magnetic emulator operable to communicate with a magnetic stripe reader. The emulator may be operable to communicate a block of information serially such that a reader may sense the emulator and the information may be transmitted through the emulator serially. Accordingly, the emulator may comprise of, for example, a single wire or coil and may transmit bits one-by-one at high frequencies such that all information in a block is transmitted to a magnetic stripe reader while the read head of the reader is in the proximity of the single wire or coil. An emulator may also be provided in a parallel configuration such that multiple bits of data are emulated at the same time. For example, a parallel emulator may include 3000 regions to emulate 3000 bits simultaneously while a serial emulator may include a single region to communicate the 3000 bits in rapid succession. A card, or other device, having a magnetic emulator may take the form of, for example, a credit card, debit card, security card, and/or any other type of card. Accordingly, the dynamic information may be a dynamic credit card number, a dynamic debit card number, a dynamic security number, or any other type of dynamic number. A display may be provided to display the data, or a portion of the data, communicated through an emulator or additional data. For example, a one type of security code may be displayed on a display and another type of security code may be communicated through a magnetic emulator. A payment card, such as a credit card, may be provided that includes a display. All, or a portion of, a payment card number (e.g., a credit card) may, for example, be changed periodically and displayed on the display. Similarly, this changed information may be emulated via a parallel or serial emulator. A magnetic encoder may also be utilized to erase and write information to a magnetic medium. A parallel or serial emulator may be located next to one or more magnetic stripe segments (e.g., sandwiched between two magnetic stripe segments). A magnetic stripe may be utilized to transmit static information such that power is conserved. For example, if the beginning bits of a data block must take a particular form (e.g., start bits followed by user identification information) then this information may be embodied as a magnetic stripe. A serial or parallel emulator may then be provided to communicate the remaining information of the block (e.g., dynamic credit card number). Numerous types of structures may be utilized to determine when a read head of a magnetic stripe reader is reading, or is about to read, a magnetic stripe or a dynamic magnetic communications device (e.g., a magnetic emulator or encoder). Such structures may be utilized to turn a magnetic emulator, such as a serial magnetic emulator, ON. By only turning an emulator ON when the emulator is in the proximity of a magnetic stripe reader, power may be conserved. For example, a button may be provided on a card, or other device, such that a user may provide manual input to instruct the card, or other device, to turn an emulator ON. Alternatively, for example, one or more sensors may be provided to determine the presence of a read-head of a magnetic stripe reader. For example, a hall-effect sensor may be provided to detect a magnetic field\'s interaction with a read-head, a circuit may be provided to detect the presence of a conductive material, and/or a circuit may be provided to detect the capacitance of a particular material. Alternatively still, for example, the swiping motion of a card may be detected via one or more inertial sensors such as accelerometers and/or gyroscopes. Upon the initiation of turning an emulator ON, the emulator may be driven through a routine (e.g., repeatedly emulating the same block of information serially for a period of time or for a number of data transmissions). A card, or other device, may include, for example, a magnetic stripe section, followed by a read head detector, followed by a serial or parallel encoder. A second magnetic stripe section may follow the serial or parallel encoder (e.g., and another read head detector may precede the encoder to determine when the read head is not reading the encoder). An emulator may be fabricated using a PCB printing technique. Such a technique may provide the emulator on, for example, a PCB board (e.g. FR4 board). Any additional components may be fabricated on the flexible PCB board. For example, a processor, display, and emulator may be fabricated on the same flexible PCB board. Such a flexible PCB board may be coupled to a flexible battery and hot-film laminated or cold laminated (e.g., injection molding) to form a card. The flexible PCB board and flexible battery may be placed into any housing of any device. The principles and advantages of the present invention can be more clearly understood from the following detailed description considered in conjunction with the following drawings, in which the same reference numerals denote the same structural elements throughout, and in which: Continue reading about Cards with serial magnetic emulators... Full patent description for Cards with serial magnetic emulators Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Cards with serial magnetic emulators patent application. Patent Applications in related categories: 20090294524 - High security transaction card system and method - A secure transaction card system and method utilizes a transaction card and an authentication device. 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