Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transaction card with audio file pitch transformation
- Patent Title (中): 具有音频文件音高转换的交易卡
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Application No.: US12983772Application Date: 2011-01-03
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Publication No.: US08727210B2Publication Date: 2014-05-20
- Inventor: Timothy P. Clegg , Primoz Samardzija
- Applicant: Timothy P. Clegg , Primoz Samardzija
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Griffiths & Seaton PLLC
- Agent JoAnn M. Seaton
- Main IPC: G06K5/00
- IPC: G06K5/00 ; B42D15/02 ; G06K19/07

Abstract:
A transaction card includes an audio circuit, a housing, a switch, and an account identifier. The audio circuit is configured to capture an audio file and to transform a pitch of the audio file. The audio circuit includes a speaker configured to play the captured audio file as transformed by the audio circuit with a different pitch than the pitch originally captured for the audio file. The housing substantially encloses the audio circuit. The switch is movable by a bearer of the transaction card external to the housing. When the bearer interacts with the switch, the audio circuit is activated to transform the pitch of the audio file to the different pitch. The account identifier is fixedly coupled to the housing, and the account identifier links the transaction card to an account or record, wherein the account identifier is machine readable.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110106699A1 TRANSACTION CARD WITH AUDIO FILE PITCH TRANSFORMATION Public/Granted day:2011-05-05
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