Multifunctional chip card or magnetic card

摘要

The chip card or magnetic card has a flat, essentially rectangular card body with at least one data and function carrier, e.g. a contactless and/or contacted electronic chip and/or magnetic strips arranged in standard manner in defined positions on the card body. The carrier is arranged longitudinally on the card surface inn the case of a magnetic strip and in the case of a chip is mounted on or embedded in the card body near the card's longitudinal axis close to a transverse edge. The card has at least two chips (13,14) or magnetic strips mounted symmetrically so that data and function carriers of the same type are formed by rotating the card through 180 degrees about the card's longitudinal axis and/or about an axis perpendicular to the card surface through the card's center point. An Independent claim is also included for a magnetic card carrying the chip.