Abstract: A system for securely updating an electronic transaction card held by an account holder with an additional account and/or account data is described. A dynamic transaction card may be securely updated with an additional account by using pre-stored shell data and/or inactive data, whereby the pre-stored shell data may be populated using data received from an issuer system and/or the inactive data may be activated via an activation signal received from a mobile device. A backend server may determine, via a fraud determination, expiration determination, and/or user-request, that new account data should be transmitted to an account holder. The dynamic transaction card may receive the data associated with a notification, update a display, instruct an EMV applet to use a key associated with a received EMV key identifier for signatures, and/or update any additional data stored on the dynamic transaction card.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus to determine the position of an image sensor relative to a predetermined continuous pattern of colors and/or objects based on the images said patterns of colors and/or objects produces within the image sensor.

Abstract: Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, software, and devices for edge system health monitoring and auditing. One embodiment, in the form of a method includes performing a system audit over a first network of devices deployed within the facility to determine a status of each respective device. This embodiment further includes determining an overall system status for the facility based on results of the system audit including consideration of a status of each of the devices deployed within the facility and storing data representative of the overall system status of the facility. This embodiment also transmits at least a portion of the data representative of the overall system status of the facility over a second network to a facility system status monitoring application which may then present a single indicator of the overall system status or health.

Abstract: A mobile device configured for currency exchange enables a user to cause funds in a first pre-established account and denominated in a first currency to be sent to a first transaction machine to purchase funds denominated in a second currency. The mobile device electronically receives second account information after a second account is created, with the second account being created responsive to completion of the first transaction. The created second account includes the purchased funds denominated in the second currency. Accordingly, the user is enabled, subsequent to the first transaction, to select a second account module in the mobile device that has since been configured with the received second account information of the created second account. The user can thereafter cause the mobile device to send that second account information to a second, different transaction machine to perform at least a second transaction in the second currency. Other aspects are disclosed.

Abstract: In some implementations, a transaction card may include a card body having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The transaction card may include an integrated circuit (IC) chip embedded in the card body, and a plurality of first electrical contact sets electrically accessible from the first surface of the card body, where the plurality of first electrical contact sets have electrical connections to the IC chip. The transaction card may include a plurality of first magnetic stripe areas readable from the first surface of the card body. The transaction card may include a plurality of second electrical contact sets electrically accessible from the second surface of the card body, where the plurality of second electrical contact sets have electrical connections to the IC chip. The transaction card may include a plurality of second magnetic stripe areas readable from the second surface of the card body.

Abstract: At least a method and an apparatus are provided for efficiently generating non-redundant machine-generated quick pick lottery game entries. A computer file is created that includes every possible combination of number groups eligible for being selected for a particular lottery game. The every possible combination within the file is randomly shuffled to create a randomized list of non-redundant entries. A file index with a file index pointer is assigned to the randomized list of non-redundant entries. The file index pointer is set to an initial position in the randomized list of non-redundant entries. Each non-redundant machine-generated lottery game entry is generated by only sequentially incrementing or only sequentially decrementing the file index pointer in the randomized list, and outputting the each non-redundant entry indicated by the file index pointer to a ticket request device.

Abstract: A payment two-dimensional code secure payment method and system without two-step authentication. The method comprises the following steps: by means of a payment application, producing a first payment two-dimensional code and a second payment two-dimensional code, and alternately displaying the first payment two-dimensional code and the second payment two-dimensional code; respectively identifying the first payment two-dimensional code and the second payment two-dimensional code to acquire complete payment information; sending the complete payment information to a payment centre for verification; when verification is successful, the payment is complete. The present method effectively avoids the property loss incurred by users due to scanning of payment two-dimensional code pictures, and increases payment security.

Abstract: A wireless connection is established between at least two electronic modules (M1, M2) disposed separate from one another in a smartcard having a coupling frame so that the two modules may communicate (signals, data) with each other. The two modules may each have module antennas (MA-1, MA-2), and may be disposed in respective two openings (MO-1, MO-2) of a coupling frame (CF). A coupling antenna (CPA) having two coupler coils (CC-1, CC-2) disposed close to the two modules antennas of the two modules. The coupling antenna may have only the two coupler coils (CC-1, CC-2), connected with one another, without the peripheral card antenna (CA) component of a conventional booster antenna (BA). Energy harvesting is disclosed.

Abstract: A system comprises a server system including at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to receive a request to generate a digital secured document, generate a unique identifier of the digital secured document, and embed a plurality of security data in at least one of the one or more defined areas of the digital secured document. The plurality of security data includes a scannable code. The scannable code has embedded therein an encrypted message that, when decrypted by the server system, validates an authenticity of the digital secured document. The at least one processor is also configured to mint the digital secured document on a blockchain, including generate metadata on the blockchain associated with the digital secured document, and store the metadata and one or more images associated with the digital secured document permanently with an on-chain permaweb protocol.

Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, in an interaction by a switch computer from a second device, data associated with a machine readable code generated by a first application on a first device and provided by a first device to a second application on the second device. The method also includes determining, by the switch computer, a first server computer associated with a first application, transmitting the data associated with the machine readable code and the interaction data to the first server computer, which processes the data associated with the machine readable code and the interaction data, determining, by the switch computer, a second server computer associated with the second application, and transmitting, by the switch computer, a communication to the second server computer. The communication informs the second server computer that the first server computer processed the data associated with the machine readable code and the interaction data.

Abstract: A tag indicating an attribute of the tag by an electromagnetic wave reflection characteristic, the tag including a substrate (11), and a conductor pattern layer (12) formed on the substrate (11) and having first and second slots (13a) and (13b) disposed adjacent to each other, in which the first slot (13a) constitutes a first resonance element (13Qa) having a resonance frequency at a first frequency, the second slot (13b) constitutes a second resonance element (13Qb) having a resonance frequency at a second frequency higher than the first frequency, and when irradiation with the electromagnetic waves is performed, a Q value of a resonance peak appearing at the first frequency is higher than a Q value of a resonance peak appearing at the first frequency when the first slot (13a) alone constitutes a resonance structure of the tag.

Abstract: Provided is a cryopreservation container that prevents confusion of specimens to be used for treatment and that is suitable for individual management of fertilized eggs and the like to be cryopreserved. IC tags are attached to a cryopreservation tank 61, a canister 51, a cane 41, and cryopreservation containers such as an ovum storage container 1 and sperm storage containers 71, 81. The cryopreservation containers may also have individual identification codes attached hereto. An ovum storage container 11 is configured by fitting an IC tag 12 from the rear end of a rod-like part 2 of a conventional ovum storage container 1. In addition, the IC tag 12 is formed by providing an inlet 15 inside a thin-walled pipe 14 made of a synthetic resin. The inlet 15 may be fixed at both ends by means of fixing members 18, 18 composed of a nonconductive material, or may be integrally molded with a nonconductive synthetic resin material 20.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for storing elements each including a first wireless communication unit, the device including: —a receiving support receiving the elements; —a second wireless communication unit generating waves and communicating with each first unit according to a communication protocol, a communication zone being a three-dimensional zone in which the second unit communicates with each first unit when each first unit is located in the zone and does not communicate with a first unit when the first unit is located outside the zone; —a waveguide able to guide the generated waves so that a dimension of the communication zone is strictly greater than a reference dimension, the reference dimension being equal to the dimension of the communication zone when the storage device is without waveguides.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a radio frequency thimble for production testing, in engagement connection with a test socket. The radio frequency thimble comprises: a housing, a probe, a light transmission member, and a color recognition sensor. The probe is located in a cavity of the housing. An accommodation hole is provided in the probe. The light transmission member is installed in the accommodation hole. A first end of the light transmission member is exposed at an end portion of the probe. A second end of the light transmission member is connected to the color recognition sensor. The light transmission member is used to transmit, to the color recognition sensor, light reflected by a reflective surface near the end portion of the probe. The color recognition sensor is used to recognize the color of the reflected light and determine whether the end portion of the probe is aligned with a terminal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a smart card, which includes: a card body, having an accommodating recess extending along its own thickness direction of the card body; a decorative part, at least part of the decorative part being embedded in the accommodating recess; in which the decorative part includes a base layer and decorative pieces, more than two decorative pieces are arranged on the base layer, the base layer is connected to the card body, the decorative pieces correspond to the accommodating recess along the thickness direction and are exposed to an external environment. The smart card of the invention can improve the stereoscopic sense, individuation and noble sense of the smart card by arranging the decorative parts with decorative pieces on the card body.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and method for securely entering a confidential access code into a user device. A system for allowing secure entry of a confidential access code into a user device may include one or more memories storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute instruction to perform operations. The operations may include receiving a request for confidential access, prompting the user, via the user interface, to enter a group of inputs into a single-entry field, receiving a dummy sequence of inputs, receiving or providing an indicator signal, receiving an access sequence of inputs, parsing the group of inputs received to identify the access sequence of inputs based on the location of the indicator signal, comparing the access sequence of inputs to the confidential access code associated with the user, and granting or denying access to the confidential information based on the results.

Abstract: Provided is a process for manufacturing a standard chip-card module comprising metallized contacts (P1-P6) defining a graphic design comprising visible parts formed from lines, segments or dots, a first portion (2A, 12A) of which passes right through the thickness of the metallized contacts (P1-P6) and a second portion (2B, 12B) of which is formed only superficially on the upper external surface of the metallized contacts (P1-P6). The second portion (2A, 12A) is produced in the continuity of the first portion, to form said graphic design. Other embodiments directed to a module resulting from the process is disclosed.

Abstract: A modular transaction card assembly includes a card frame having the traditional dimensions of a credit card, and a transaction card that is smaller than a traditional card and that fits into a receptacle of the card frame. The card frame may include a window in which contact pads of the transaction card are positioned and flush with the surface of the card frame when the transaction card is secured in the receptacle. The card frame and transaction card assembled together may form a uniform assembly that appears and functions as a traditional transaction card (e.g., credit card).

Abstract: The safety is improved when executing a transaction instructed after the login from a user having carried out the login operation to the server. A transaction system (101) includes a server (121), a first terminal (141), and a second terminal (161). A user logs-in the server (121) through the first terminal (141). The server (121) generates a notice to be transmitted to the second terminal (161) when receiving an instruction of a transaction through the first terminal (141) from a user. The first terminal (141) or the second terminal (161) prompts the user to input a confirmation of details of the transaction when the notice is transmitted to the second terminal (161) from the server (121). The server (121) regards the confirmation of the transaction made by the user as having been made when the input of the user matches with the details of the transaction.

Abstract: A digital promotion processing system may include a shopper device associated with a given shopper, and a promotion processing server. The server may generate a given promotion identifier associated with a digital promotion for a given product. The digital promotion may be redeemable via different redemption channels and may have a redeemable value associated therewith. The server may communicate the digital promotion to the shopper device, cooperate with the shopper device to display, on a display of the shopper device, the digital promotion, and cooperate with the shopper device to permit shopper-selection of one of the different redemption channels based upon display of the digital promotion. The server may determine when the given product has been purchased by the given shopper, and when so, apply the redeemable value according to the shopper-selected redemption channel and based upon the given promotion identifier.

Abstract: Provided are approaches for customizing transaction cards using a multi-part card body. In some approaches, the transaction card may include a first section comprising a first outer perimeter, a first interior edge, and a second interior edge extending from the first interior edge, wherein the first and second interior edges form an obtuse angle, and wherein a slot is formed in the first interior edge. The transaction card may further include a second section couplable with the first section, wherein the second section comprises a second outer perimeter, a third interior edge, and a fourth interior edge extending from the third interior edge, wherein a protrusion extends from the third interior edge, and wherein the protrusion is retained within the slot when the first section and the second section are joined together. The transaction card may further include a chip coupled to the first section.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided that includes obtaining a first secret and a first public key, and obtaining a second secret a second public key. The method may also include authenticating the first public key of the first vehicle based on a first private key associated with the first vehicle, and authenticating the second public key of the second vehicle based on a second private key associated with the second vehicle. The method may also include preventing a man-in-the-middle attack, by securing at least one of a first vehicle-to-central office communication, a central office-to-first vehicle communication, or a first vehicle-to-second vehicle, wherein the first vehicle-to-central office communication and the central office-to-first vehicle communication are authenticated based on a determined private key associated with a respective first vehicle on-board computer, and sending a message, with the central office server, to a vehicle associated with a conditional movement authority.

Abstract: Techniques are described for reducing the number of transactions required to perform operations for services that support many-to-many relationships between entities. A one-to-many operation that involves an entity of a first type and multiple entities of a second type may be performed in two asynchronous phases: a one-to-intermediary phase and an intermediary-to-many phase. During the one-to-intermediary phase, a single transaction is performed between the entity of the first type and an intermediary. During the intermediary-to-many phase, a distinct transaction is performed between the intermediary and each of the entities of the second type that are involved in the one-to-many operation. The transaction performed for a particular entity of the second type during the intermediary-to-many phase may aggregate all changes that affect the particular entity, thereby significantly reducing the number of transactions performed by the system.

Abstract: In a management system of a game token coin, one RFID tag having a data non-rewritable region and a data rewritable region is imparted to the game token coin. The location relating information of the game token coin is stored in the data rewritable region. The system includes a writer configured to additionally write the location relating information, a reader configured to read the location relating information from a plurality of the game token coins, and a management controller configure to examine the information obtained from the reader. The management controller includes a function that determines whether a history of the location relating information obtained from the reader has no abnormality.

Abstract: A system and method for Internet-based management of displayed printed media is disclosed. The method and system receive a plurality of data files from a plurality of different sources, each of the plurality of data files comprising information about printed media at a single source, the information includes: a printed media version and a location identifier. Each of the plurality of data files are evaluated to determine that one or more of the plurality of printed media are out-of-date. A metric that identifies each location having the one or more of the plurality of printed media that are out-of-date is generated. An instruction is automatically provided to each location having the one or more of the plurality of printed media that are out-of-date to remove the one or more of the plurality of printed media that are out-of-date.

Abstract: A card core includes a body defining a cutout and a discontinuity. The cutout includes an opening in the body defined by an edge and the discontinuity includes a channel defined by the body extending from an outer surface of the body to the cutout. The cutout is sized and configured to define a gap between an element positioned in the cutout and the edge to electromagnetically isolate the element from the body.

Abstract: Described herein are examples of gift card management systems that provide gift cards that must be activated prior to being used in a transaction. In some examples, a purchaser may be refunded some or all of a purchase price for the gift card when the gift card is not activated. In some examples, the activation may additionally include certain safeguards to prevent fraud.

Abstract: A method for designing and constructing a thin programmable dynamic credential card is disclosed. The thin programmable dynamic credential card may comprise multiple layers, including a top surface layer containing an opening through which a graphical display system below the top surface layer can be viewed. The graphical display system is configured to present at least one coded image. The at least one coded image is determined based at least in part on context data associated with a context of the programmable credential card.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a smart card for generating a virtual card number, and smart card-based virtual card number providing method and program. A smart card-based virtual card number providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step for a virtual card number generation module receiving a virtual card number provision request; a step for the virtual card number generation module synchronizing the time of an encryption algorithm and the smart card; a virtual card number generating step for the virtual card number generation module generating a virtual card number; a step for the virtual card number generation module generating the virtual card number as an encryption code on the basis of the synchronized encryption algorithm; and a step for the virtual card number generation module transmitting the encryption code to the smart card.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a sensor, a sensor unit and a bank-note processing machine for checking the completeness and/or authenticity of value documents. A value document comprises at least one machine-readable feature substance in at the least two locations. According to the method, the value document is excited at least locally at measuring locations. Furthermore, a feature intensity with respect to the machine-readable feature substance is captured location-resolved at several different locations of the value document. The location-based feature intensities are classified location-based with the help of a threshold value. Furthermore, location-based limits of a location distribution to be expected of the machine-readable feature substance are determined. Finally, a location-based distribution of the classified feature intensities is assessed.

Abstract: Examples for the baggage weight prediction system are provided. The system may create a baggage prediction model in response to a carrier baggage weight prediction requirement requesting a total baggage weight to be carried in a future transportation operation by a carrier. The baggage prediction model may be used to determine a predicted baggage to be carried by a plurality of future passengers associated with a future transportation operation. The system may determine a predicted weight for the predicted baggage. The system may sort the predicted baggage into checked baggage and a carry-on baggage. The system may determine a carry-on baggage weight associated with the carry-on baggage based on the baggage prediction model. The system may determine a baggage weight ratio associated with the predicted baggage. The system may generate a baggage prediction result for performing a baggage management action.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for payment card transactions, where a Card Verification Value (CVV) or Card Verification Code (CVC) is generated dynamically as part of a tokenized session.

Abstract: Method and associated system for reading machine-readable labels on a plurality of sample receptacles held by a sample rack. In the method, a machine-readable label associated each of the plurality of sample receptacles is read with a first label reader when the rack is at a first location. The sample rack is then moved from the first location to a second location, where a rack identifier on the sample rack is sensed with a sensor separate from the first label reader. Finally, the rack identifier is associated with the machine-readable labels of the plurality of sample receptacles.

Abstract: A method for producing pigments comprises the steps of creating a first layer on a substrate, structuring the first layer and detaching the pigments from the substrate. In the present case, the first layer is a crack-forming layer, so that the first layer is structured by the arising of cracks. Prior to detaching the pigments, a pigment layer is applied onto the first layer structured by the cracks.

Abstract: Provided are compact transaction cards. In some approaches, a transaction card may include a body having first and second main sides, a first and second end perimeter perimeters, and first and second side perimeters, wherein a first axis extending between the first and second side perimeters defines a first section of the body and a second section of the body. The card may further include an identification chip along the first main side and a magnetic stripe along the second main side, wherein the magnetic stripe extends between the first and second side perimeters, and wherein the magnetic stripe and the identification chip are located on the first section of the body. The card may further include a textured grip along at least one of the first main side and the second main side, wherein the textured grip is positioned only on the second section of the body.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a smart card device comprising: a laminated core comprising: a front substrate (10); a first flexible sheet (20) having a card circuitry formed thereon; a first substrate (30); a second flexible sheet (40) having an inductive circuitry formed thereon, and a second substrate (50) in a top-to-bottom order, wherein the front substrate (10) provides at least one first opening (11) which defines a perforated design and a second opening (12) through which a contact pad (22) is exposed, wherein the card circuitry includes: a flip chip (21), a first antenna coil (24) conductively coupled to the flip chip (21), the contact pad (22), at least one conductor path (23) conductively coupling the contact pad (22) to the flip chip (21), wherein the inductive circuitry includes at least one LED module (46) arranged proximate to the at least one first opening (11) and a second antenna coil (44) conductively coupled to the at least one LED module (46), and wherein the first substrate (30) inclu

Abstract: A system for producing and transmitting encrypted data from data encoded on a storage medium comprises an apparatus configured to receive the storage medium and an encryption chip communicatively coupled to the apparatus. The apparatus comprises a processor, a memory, and a network interface. The processor is configured to receive data encoded into the storage medium, and to decode the received data as the storage medium is at least partially inserted into the apparatus. The processor is further configured to transmit the received data to the memory for storage. The encryption chip comprises an encryption processor configured to access the received data stored in the memory of the apparatus and encrypt the received data with an algorithm to produce the encrypted data. The processor then transmits the encrypted data to an external server communicatively connected to a communication network.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a member in a resin-infusion-based casting process, in which at least one component forming the member is infused with a resin, including the steps: Providing a mold, the at least one component, the resin, at least one measurement device and at least one sensing device, wherein the sensing device has at least one property which changes measurably with temperature and/or when the sensing device comes into contact with the resin, attaching the at least one sensing device to an inner surface of the mold and/or to the component, arranging the component inside the mold, providing the resin to at least one inlet of the mold, and wirelessly measuring and evaluating the property of the sensing device with the measurement device for monitoring a temperature and/or a distribution of the resin in the mold and/or in the component, is provided.

Abstract: RFID tags may compensate for non-RFID power sources by automatically enforcing data or state persistence even while powered. A tag may measure a time interval between successive detected modulated reader transmissions. If the interval exceeds a minimum time, then the tag may deassert a protocol flag, erase data, and/or change tag operating states, even if the tag would normally not perform these actions while powered.

Abstract: A replaceable staple cartridge for use with a surgical instrument is disclosed. The replaceable staple cartridge is stored in a packaging prior to being attached to the surgical instrument. The packaging includes a first layer, a second layer, and an RFID system. The first layer and the second layer form a seal around the replaceable staple cartridge. The RFID system includes an RFID tag and an insulator. The RFID tag includes an integrated battery, a tag antenna, and an RFID chip including stored information. The insulator electrically decouples the integrated battery from the RFID chip. The insulator is configured to detach from the integrated battery when the seal is broken between the first layer and the second layer. The RFID tag becomes active and transmits the stored information to an RFID scanner of the surgical instrument when the insulator is detached from the integrated battery.

Abstract: A magnetic erasing device including a magnet that includes an S pole and an N pole extending along an axial direction of the magnet, and a rotation mechanism for rotating the magnet in a housing around an axis of the magnet, wherein lines of magnetic force generated around the axis of the magnet during rotation of the magnet are designed to be applied to magnetic particles in the microcapsules to erase a visible image on a magnetic panel when the axis of the magnet is spaced from a surface of the magnetic panel by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: Systems and methods for authenticating handbags using a portable electronic device along with a bilinear convolutional neural network (CNN) model are described. One method includes using a portable electronic device comprising a camera, and a lens-accessory attached to the portable electronic device such that an optical feature of the lens-accessory is positioned in front of the camera. The portable electronic device acquires one or more pictures of a handbag and sends the one or more pictures to a bilinear CNN model via a network asset where an authenticity is determined. The systems and methods disclosed are capable of allowing the portable electronic device to be spaced apart from the handbag while acquiring pictures, and the lens-accessory can be between 10× and 50× magnification.

Abstract: A chart includes a plurality of area images. Each area image of the plurality of area images includes a figure. The figure indicates positional information of each area image of the plurality of area images in the chart. An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device configured to form an image on a sheet to create the chart, and an image reading device configured to read the image in the chart.

Abstract: A cloud based server includes user profiles having user policies and an organization policy for printing and scanning operations. These policies enable contact-free printing and scanning to occur on connected devices. A user logs onto a device using a contactless input device. The user policies are reviewed to determine if contact-free printing or scanning is enabled. If so, then the device performs these operations without the need for input or any interaction at the device. The policies also log off the user from the device when operations are complete.

Abstract: A mobile device having a position determination device and a mobile application configured, in response to the location of the mobile device determined by the position determination device, to: predict a transaction based at least in part on the location of the mobile device; select, based at least in part on the location of the mobile device, a first account for the transaction from a plurality of accounts identified by the identification information; and provide, via the user interface, an alert identifying the first account, before a user of the mobile device begins to make the transaction. The prediction can be made based on a location pattern relative to the location of a transaction terminal and/or the detection of short-range wireless signals of the transaction terminal.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein that mitigate warpage during laser marking on a plastic security document. A method of laser marking a feature onto a plastic card includes electronically dividing an image of the feature into a plurality of sections. The method includes laser marking a first one of the sections on the document and laser marking a second one of the sections on the document. The first section is not contiguous with the second section.

Abstract: A dual-modulated QR code (DMQR code) is in the format of a conventional QR code but uses elongated markers instead of black squares in the code modules. The positions of the markers within the DMQR code represent a nonconfidential primary message, and the orientations of the markers within the modules of the DMQR code represent a confidential secondary message.

Abstract: A method includes a computing device of a storage network obfuscating encoded data slices of a first set of encoded data slices of a plurality of sets of encoded data slices using an obfuscating method to produce obfuscated encoded data slices. The method further includes the computing device of the storage network outputting the obfuscated encoded data slices for storage in the storage network.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to visually varying an image using parallax image layers, and more specifically, relates to visually varying presentation of an access right displayed on a mobile device to enhance verification of access to resources. The variation of multiple layers of an image may be based on sensor data detected at the mobile device.

Abstract: In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for recommending contextually relevant promotions to consumers in order to facilitate their discovery of promotions that they are likely to purchase from a promotion and marketing service.