Method and system for safe use of magnetic strip cards

摘要

This invention relates to a method and system to ensure the safe use of magnetic strip cards in order to prevent the theft of information contained in the magnetic strip of a industry standard magnetic strip card. Security system enabling the safe use of magnetic strip cards that implements the method, composed of a half-cylinder, equipped with a special slot of a thickness almost similar to the magnetic strip card and wide of one card length, a mechanical card loading and rotating device, card presence and position sensors, electrical motors for the mechanical system, an overall electronic command and control module and the physical security box containing all parts of the system.

主权项

1. A magnetic strip card security method comprising handling a magnetic strip card perpendicularly compared to a reading direction of the magnetic strip card, the magnetic strip card having a magnetic strip, the reading direction being defined as the direction in which the magnetic strip extends, the method comprising receiving the magnetic strip card in a device in a direction perpendicular to the reading direction and parallel to a major surface of the magnetic strip card, and rotating the device to thereby rotate the magnetic strip card 90 degrees, bringing the magnetic strip card to a position of the reading direction of the magnetic strip card in a secured manner,
wherein the magnetic strip card is rotated about an axis perpendicular to a plane defined by the major surface of the magnetic strip card, and wherein, after the magnetic strip card is rotated about the axis perpendicular to the plane defined by the major surface of the magnetic strip card, the magnetic strip card, while in the device, is moved in the reading direction so that the magnetic strip is ready to be read by an ATM's card reader.