Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel card for multi-purpose using, and more particularly, a card suitable for utilizing in a magnetic stripe card reader, an IC card reader and an optical driver to read out the data. The thickness (0.8 mm) of the card corresponds with to the specification of the ISO 7816. The card comprises a reading area of an optical disc, a magnetic stripe and an IC chip, and can be placed on a casing plate with a thickness of 0.4 mm so that the card for multi-purpose using combines the functions of a conventional dual mode (magnetic stripe/IC chip) card and a conventional optical disc, so as to achieve advantages such as convenience for magnetic stripe and IC chip reading and larger memory capacity asscessing.

Abstract: An improved multi-purpose disc suitable for using in a magnetic stripe card swiper, an IC card reader and an optical drive to read out the data is provided. The improved multi-purpose disc is characterized in that a data reading zone comprising a reading area for an optical disc and an IC chip (and a magnetic stripe), and a card thin film with embossed patterns is attached to the card, such that the sum combining of the thickness of the card and the thickness of the card thin film is about 0.8 mm, which conforms to ISO 7816. The card can be placed in a loading zone on a casing plate with a thickness of 0.4 mm so that the multi-purpose disc combines the functions of a conventional dual mode (magnetic stripe/IC chip) card and a conventional optical disc, so as to achieve advantages such as convenience for both magnetic stripe swiping and IC chip accessing and large memory capacity.