Card reader device

摘要

A card reader device is provided that includes a housing having a slot for swiping a magnetic stripe of a financial transaction card to complete a financial transaction between a buyer and seller. A read head is positioned in the housing. The read head reads data stored on the magnetic stripe and produces a signal indicative of data stored on the magnetic stripe. The read head has sufficient impedance to set amplitude of a signal indicative of data stored on the magnetic stripe. An output jack is adapted to be inserted into a microphone input associated with a mobile device for providing the signal indicative of data stored on the magnetic stripe to the mobile device.

主权项

1. A card reader device, comprising:
a housing configured to provide for swiping a magnetic stripe of a card to complete a financial transaction between a buyer and seller; a read head in the housing for reading data stored on the magnetic stripe and for producing a signal indicative of data stored on the magnetic stripe; a slot that is a path with which the card is swiped in the card reader device; an output jack adapted to be inserted into a microphone input associated with a mobile device for providing the signal indicative of data stored on the magnetic stripe to the mobile device, the output jack configured to be coupled and decoupled from the microphone input of the mobile device; and a monitor system configured to manage card reader behavior between power cycles.