Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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Title of the Invention
A secure transaction card and electronic device with screen overiay
Background of the Invention
This invention relates generally to the field of security and more
specifically to part silver
or metal antibacterial overlay for protecting visual and nonvisual information
leakage
from transaction cards and electronic devices with screens.
Secure transaction card and electronic device with screen overlays and anti-
bacterial
protection. Transaction cards are frequently passed between people at the
point of sale
or used in public machines as ATM's, cash registers, or information swiping
machines.
Cards include credit, debit, insurance, driver licences, passports, store
cards, security
cards, reward cards, cards with a magnetic strip, digital, smart chip, and
also personal
information.
These cards are visually looked at first with personal information printed or
embossed
on a card's surface. Then are swiped on any number of card readers using the
magnetic
strip, or tapped near the reader, or read farther away with a digital chip
embedded in the
card. Or a combination of a magstripe and a smart chip. Electronic devices
with screens
such as cell phones are now being used to make payments by tapping near a
swiping
or reading machine, to transmit data. These cards and electronic devices with
screens
such as cell phones, camera's, PDA's, global positioning devices, and gaming
devices,
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etc are used allot and do visually show information on the screen or card
face, as well
as transmits the information non visually from them using the radio frequency
waves,
and electromagnetic waves. During the use of a card and electronic device they
are
very prone to have bacteria and other pathogens deposited on their surfaces
which
could give rise to illness. The secure transaction card and electronic device
with screen
overlay, protects visual and non visual information as well as protects
against bacteria.
Protective coverings for transaction cards have been produced in the prior art
to both
protect the integrity of the card and to limit viewing of the information on
the card to non-
cardholders. Many of the coverings have required the card to be inserted
within a
covering consisting of a plastic envelope. These coverings have been disclosed
in FR
2,827,488 and US 6,845,863. Such coverings, however, are bulky, cumbersome and
impede the ability of a card to be utilized in ATM machines as well as other
functions.
As such the card must be removed from the covering to be used. Further, these
prior
art coverings have disadvantages as they provide no anti-radiation protection,
nonvisual
electromagnetic ray protection of information from cards and electronic
devices with
screens, and no anti-bacterial protection whatsoever.
US 5,743,568 discloses a thin blocking label custom cut and applied on the
surface of a
protective covering enclosure containing a transaction card. The blocking
label may be
coated with an adhesive that is compatible with a clear material of the
protective cover
and achieves a semi-permanent adhesion of the blocking label on the protective
cover.
This device, however, allows a label to cover a protective covering and not
the card with
identification itself. As such, a bulky, cumbersome protective covering is a
requirement.
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Further, the label is semi-permanent and not easily interchangeable between
cards with
identification. These labels also have no anti-radioactive and anti-bacterial
protection.
Other prior art labels for transaction cards include one sided sticky labels.
US 4,017,994
and US 5,746,451 disclose labels that adhere to the outer surface of a
transaction card.
On the surface of the label they have writing to be demonstrative to the user
of a card.
As such, these labels are used to cover old, plus existing information on the
card with
new information provided on the label. These labels also are meant to adhere
to the
card without the ease of removal. Although the labels are advantageous because
they
are applied directly to the transaction card and do not require a protective
cover, these
labels do not provide radioactive or antibiotic protection and are merely a
label for when
replacing information on the surface of the card. The new information is the
relevant
information and is covering the useless information, allowing the vital
information to be
seen. This vital information should be covered to protect it from theft.
US 4,008,351 claim 8, has a label or sticker consisting essentially of the
film or sheet
material with antibacterial and antifungal activities according to claim 1,
and US
5,962,137 the same but in the transaction card itself, not as an
interchangeable overlay,
and both not used to protect visual information, and anti-radiation for non
visual
blockage.
Epic.org.,electronic privacy information center, sponsors a radio frequency
identification
device foiling kit using aluminum foil, and personal RFID shield, as with the
faraday
cage which is a container made of metal mesh or foil that is impenetrable by
radio
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frequency signals and will block the electromagnetic signals. Will not protect
when cards
or cell phones are being used. Are bulky, not easy to remove items, and are
containers
to hold cards and cell phones. They are not interchangeable overlays meant for
visual
blocking of information, and visual and non visual protection when using the
card or
cellphone, and to be antibacterial capable of being on transaction cards and
electronic
devices with screens. It cannot be used in automated banking machines, or give
security with holograms, and glow in the dark capabilities, are not business
cards,
functional rulers, have gripability, or are functional rulers.
Protective coverings as FR 2,827,488 and US 6,845,863 limit viewing of
information,
however being bulky, cannot be used in banking machines, are not anti-
radioactive, or
anti-bacterial, doesn't use holograms, has no glow in the dark capabilities,
and are not
business cards.
Protective coverings as FR 2,827,488 and US 6,845,863 being bulky, cannot use
in
banking machines, are not anti-radioactive, or anti-bacterial, using
holograms, glow in
the dark, and are not business cards.
US 5,743,568 is a thin custom cut blocking label which covers a sleeve and is
not on
the card itself. Is not anti-radiation or anti-bacterial, etc.
US 4,017,994 and US 5,746,451, being permanent labels replacing old
information with
new. Are not anti-radioactive stopping nonvisual information leakage, or
visual theft
since you can see the new information they are supplying. And not anti-
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security with holograms, or glow in the dark overlays, and being a business
card, and is
not a functional ruler, or bookmark.
US 6,970,070 discloses a method and apparatus for selecting of blocking of
radio
frequency identification devices by communicating directly to the reader. This
does not
block with an overlay of visual and nonvisual information, isn't anti-
bacterial, or uses
security using holograms, or glow in the dark, and not being a ruler, bookmark
and
business card, and catering to advertising.
US 4,008,351 Film or sheet material having anti-bacterial and anti-fungal
activities
including labels and stickers, but is not saying could be anti-radiation with
visual and
non visual protection of the card capable of going inside and out of a banking
machine,
having glow in dark, having holograms, a business card, ruler, bookmark, or
callendar,
etc. Or US 5,962,137 Antibacterial card, made into the plastic with layers
molded
together with a antibiotic agent, not an overlay that is put on a transaction
card capable
of going in and out of a banking machine, and does not mention visual or
nonvisual
protection using antiradiation material or being a business card, or with
holograms, glow
in the dark, being a bookmark, having a ruler, or rulers.
The electronic privacy information center, EPIC.org, provides a foiling kit
that will protect
cards, cell phones, and is like a faraday cage which made out of metal does
the same.
These items are bulky, not easy to remove items, cannot go into banking
machines, are
containers to hold cards and cell phones. Will not protect when cards and
electronic
devices are being used. Will not give visual, or non visual protection when
using the
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cellphone, or security with holograms, and glow in the dark overlays, be
business cards,
functional rulers, bookmarks, calendars, or have gripability and advertising.
The RFS pocket shield is sold for $7.99 and is made of a metal fabric which
when
inserted in a pocket will protect the user from radiation. It is not made to
protect the
users visual and non visual information from being compromised. Is not an
overlay able
to go into a banking machine when on a transaction card, or interchangeable to
be on
an electronic device as a screen, or may be glow in the dark, have secure
holograms,
be gripable, business card, a functional ruler, bookmark, anti-bacterial, and
an
advertising product.
Brief Summary of the Invention
The primary advantage of the invention is to provide a secure transaction card
and
electronic device with screen overlay for visual and non visual information
theft, blocking
information and being anti-radioactive.
Another advantage of the invention is to provide a secure transaction card and
electronic device with screen overlay having antibacterial protection.
Another advantage of the invention is to provide a secure transaction card and
electronic device with screen overlay with holograms.
A further advantage of the invention is to provide a secure transaction card
and
electronic device with screen overlay with fluorescence, phosphorescent or
glow in the
dark capabilities.
An advantage of the invention is to provide a secure transaction card and
electronic
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device with screen overlay with natural and embossed or molded surface
gripability.
Another advantage of the invention is to provide a secure transaction card and
electronic device overlay which is interchangeable and switchable.
Another advantage of the invention is to provide a business card which can be
separated into two parts or more and is a secure transaction card and
electronic device
with screen overlay.
Another advantage of the invention is to provide a bookmark which can be
separated
into two parts or more and is a secure transaction card and electronic device
with
screen overlay.
Another advantage of the invention is to provide a secure transaction card and
electronic device with screen overlay which protects the items from damage
from
scratches, shock, etc.
A further advantage is to provide a thin enough overlay when used on a debit
or credit
card will go directly inside and out of a ATM or automated banking machine.
Another advantage of the invention is to provide a functional ruler on the
front of the
overlay, or back of attached item, or and when detached once more. The overlay
backing peeled off and used as a business card, may have the ruler on both
items.
Another advantage of the invention is to provide an advertising venue.
Another advantage of the invention is to provide a secure transaction card and
electronic device with a screen overlay capable to cover the whole screen and
part of
the electronic device as a skin, or part of the screen and some of the
electronic device,
with visual protection, and anti-radiation and anti-bacterial protection, and
design work
capabilities.
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Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent
from the
following descriptions, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,
wherein,
by way of illustration and example, an embodiment of the invention is
disclosed.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed
a secure
transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay comprising: an
overlay
having first and second surfaces, the first surface being adhesive and the
second
surface being non-adhesive, and a sheet, or mixture of anti-radioactive and
antibacterial
material, attached, mixed in, or printed on the overlay film surface. The
transaction card
and electronic device with screen overlay is generally made of a clear or
opaque
material selected from a group consisting of polyvinyl chloride, acetate, and
polypropylene.
A plastic film, or mixture of plastic and metal, forming a film, or a
substrate or moisture
vapor permeable thin sheet made of a flexible vynel plastic, polyester
plastic, or acrylic
based material, having first and second opposed surfaces, the first surface
being
adhesive or static cling, and the second surface being non adhesive, with a
plastic, or
paper printable backing sheet on the bottom, and a possible plastic sheet on
top, which
help stop visual theft of information on cards and on electronic devices, such
as on
credit cards and on electronic screens. A secure overlay having an anti-
radiation and
anti-bacterial substance either mixed in with second surface material, or
added as a
sheet of plastic and anti-radioactive and anti-bacterial material, or as a
printable ink to
the 2nd surface, the anti-radioactive material will help stop the nonvisual
information or
would block the electromagnetic waves from cards and electronic devices as
cell
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phones. The secure overlay having an anti-radiation and anti-bacterial agent
is silver
based, as silver sulphadiazine disseminated throughout the adhesive layer in
concentration up to 15 WT.%, or silver nano particles, in powder, paste,
liquid, or
printable silver ionized ink form, with other metal properties, or combination
of
properties, nickel, copper, etc, but silver is best, and the anti-radiation
properties will
help block information transmitted by credit cards and cell phones to a thief,
as well as
provide antibacterial properties.
Holograms mostly embossed as 2d or 3d labels as one with the overlay's 2nd
surface,
or it's own label placed there, which looks part of card, or electronic
device, giving
security. Comprising hologram 2 dimensional label having images assigned
different
color and position on one layer, without visual depth, the 2d/3d hologram
contains many
optical with 2d hologram images visually placed one behind another for a 3d
effect. A 3
dimensional image is made by bathing a 3d object in a beam of laser light,
with light
waves reflected from the object forming a pattern recorded on a plate, and
when
developed and with light shown becomes 3d. The hologram within or on the
overlay is
thin enough for it to go into an ATM.
Glow in the dark material like fluorescent materials dim quickly, but those
comprising
zinc suiphide, or strontium aluminate, have longer phosphor persistence and
glow
longer on the easier to locate, secure overlay. And if using a radioactive
substance as
tritium, or promethium, would be placed on top of the anti-radioactive overlay
to give
both properties, plus the phosphors is mixed into the plastic batch when
forming a label
or it's own, or in paint, or ink, and phosphorescent material quickly ascend
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electron orbit giving off light in the process, with the emission of light by
a substance, to
find a card or electronic device as a cell phone at night, giving a good
security option.
The overlay can be used as a business card before having been removed from
it's
backing and becomes two cards after removing it, one with sticking ability.
A business card being a secure transaction card and electronic device overlay,
comprising of a printable backside paper, plastic material with adhesive,
light or static
cling on surface one, and a printable plastic, paper, etc., on surface two.
Another layer
printable of likely plastic may be put on top of this one. Interchangeable
from card to
card, or to an electronic device, or device screen and back many times, is
done with the
adhesive, static cling. The removable adhesive is on the 1st surface and is
light and can
be static cling or combination of adhesives. Gripability, natural using edges
or elastic
feel of a plastic overlay, and or dividing the overlay into 2 or more strips
adds gripability.
And man made by embossing or molding pattems, dots etc. on the overlay, or add
a
second sheet with different sized holes in the sheet, and a thin enough
overlay, having
one adhesive surface, and a second surface non adhesive, to stick to a card
which is
inserted into an ATM, banking machine. The printable backing peels off leaving
the
adhesive surface of the overlay to stick onto the card, thickness of the
overlay can vary
widely but 0.001 mm thickness to 0.1mm, is thin enough to go in and out of an
ATM,
automated bank machine. The card with overlay attached would go directly
inside an
automated banking machine, or ATM, then after or during the transaction
process can
be returned to the user of the banking machine, or swiping card machine.
The second surface of the transaction card and electronic device and/or
electronic
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device screen overlay may also have a hologram image, ruler, calendar,
bookmark,
drawing, mirror, or opaque material photo. A business card, and advertising
for or by the
user.
Brief Description of the Drawings
The drawings constitute a part of this specification and include exemplary
embodiments
to the invention, which may be embodied in various forms. It is to be
understood that in
some instances various aspects of the invention may be shown exaggerated or
enlarged to facilitate an understanding of the invention.
Figure 1 is a top view of a first surface of the transaction card overlay
according to an
embodiment of the invention.
Figure 2 is a top view of a transaction card utilizing the overlay.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of a cell phone utilizing the overlay on it's
screen.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of a PDA device utilizing the overlay on it's
screen.
Description of the Preferred Embodiments
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Detailed descriptions of the preferred embodiment are provided here in. It is
to be
understood, however, that the present invention may be embodied in various
forms.
Therefore, specific details disclosed here in are not to be interpreted as
limiting, but
rather as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis for teaching
one skilled in
the art to employ the present invention in virtually any appropriately
detailed system,
structure or manner.
One embodiment of the present invention is shown in Fig.1. A transaction card
and
electronic device with screen overlay 1 comprises generally a planar substrate
having
opposed surfaces. A first surface (not shown) is adhesive and a second surface
2 is
non-adhesive. The first surface of the transaction card and electronic device
with screen
overlay 1 contains some form of adhesive property. This may be in the form of
an
adhesive glue or by static cling. This adhesive layer is sufficient to allow
the transaction
card and electronic device with screen overlay 1 to stick to the device it is
attached to,
but not too adhesive as to prevent it from being easily removed and
interchanged with
the next device similar to the type used by 3M registered brand POST-IT NOTES
registered. Switchability is likely good enough from a cell phone (13 and
figure 4) or
cellphones to a transaction card 11 (Fig 2) meaning even more than one item,
or
reversible and back again. The transaction card and electronic device with
screen
overlay 1 is adhered to either surface of a transaction card 11 such as ATM
cards,
credit cards, insurance cards, driver's licenses, and other cards containing a
magnetic
strip, digital chip, and/or other personal information. The transaction card
and electronic
device with screen overlay 1 itself is made of a clear , semi clear, or opaque
plastic
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material selected from a group consisting of polyvinylchloride, acetate, or
polypropylene. The adhesive transaction card and electronic device with screen
overlay
1 best adheres to a removable backing on the bottom of the transaction card 11
(Fig 2)
prior to use as a transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay.
This
backing may be of plastic, paper, or other material known in the art. For
business cards
would be more preferably printable paper. The manufacture of the length and
width of
the transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay 1 can vary
widely but
should have a thickness of 0.001 mm to 0.1 mm generally. The transaction card
and
electronic device with screen overlay is generally rectangular but could also
be various
shapes.
The transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay 1 provides
nonvisual
anti-radiation or electromagnetic shielding and anti-bacterial protection.
With the use of
metal elements will help stop electromagnetic rays from reaching devices used
by
thieves, and the same product has anti bacterial properties killing common
bacteria.
Using generally combination's of/or metal products, comprising of silver,
copper, zinc,
nickel, etc, particles, or nano particles, but preferably silver nano
particles in liquid,
paste, powder form. Can be mixed in printing ink and printed directly on the
second
surface 2, laminated on the second surface 2 of the printed layer, or mixed in
plastic
forming pallets made into film to make into an overlay 1. Zeolite silver ion
Ag+ particles
of white liquid form is produced by dispersing micro-particles of anti-
radiation and anti-
bacterial agents in a solvent. Nano silver particles uniformly dispersed in
polar or
nonpolar solvent as high solid content! low viscosity ink for inkjet
applications. Can be
generally. .1 wt !o(0.1 vol%) up to 40wt 1o(3.8vol %) dispersment. Admixing
zeolite, silver
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particles, as silver or nano silver retaining atleast one metal ion having a
bactericidal
and anti-radiation property or with an organic polymer agent or a mixture of
polymers at
any stage prior to molding the organic polymer to the shaped article-film,
overlay 1.The
transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay 1 provides anti-
radiation and
anti-bacterial properties by having generally transparent moisture vapor
permeable thin
polymer sheet impregnated or disseminated throughout with silver sulphadiazine
adhered to the second surface 2 of the transaction card and electronic device
with
screen overlay 2. The thin polymer sheet is generally 30 to 75 microns in
thickness and
generally transparent. The silver sulphadiazine may be in mostly a
concentration up to
15 WT.% in an adhesive layer to provide uniform anti-radiation and anti-
bacterial
properties to the transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay
1. A
polymer sheet is best adhered to part of or the entire second surface of the
overlay.
Reducing the amount of radiation and bacteria transmitted to the user during
the use of
the device the transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay 1 is
affixed to.
The second surface 2 may also be either partially or completely coated with an
opaque
material for visual protection to prevent a non-user or thief from observing
the
information bearing surface below the transaction card and electronic device
with
screen overlay 1. Fig. 1 illustrates the second surface 2 of the transaction
card and
electronic device with screen overlay. The opaque material on the transaction
card and
electronic device with screen overlay 1, may be a film of flexible vynel
plastic material.
Or a flexible polyester plastic material, or an acrylic based material.
The opaque material may be adhered to the second surface 2 of the transaction
card
and electronic device with screen overlay 1 before the polymer sheet
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anti-bacterial substance is adhered to the second surface 2 of the transaction
card and
electronic device with screen overlay 1. This would help in reducing the
amount of
bacteria transmitted to the user during the use of the device the transaction
card and
electronic device with screen overlay 1 is affixed to.
The second surface 2 will be either partially or completely coated with an
opaque
material to stop a non user from observing the information bearing surface
below the
transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay 1 to help block
visual theft.
Fig. 1 illustrates the second surface 2 of the transaction card and electronic
device with
screen overlay 1.
The transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay 1 may have the
ability to
glow in the dark, such that one viewing the transaction card and electronic
device with
screen overlay 1 would be more secure and able to see the information in
poorly lit or
dark situations, and find the items in the night. The front and back, or
backing of the
transaction card and electronic device with screen may contain the glow in the
dark
ability. Phosphor is mixed into a plastic and molded to make the glow in the
dark items
including the transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay.
Phosphor's can
be mixed in the plastic batch to form the overlay 1. Can be mixed from a
powder, paint,
or ink. The glow material can be applied to top of the film or with another
layer of plastic.
Paint or ink can be added to the top of the transaction card and electronic
device with
screen overlay to give the properties. Fluorescence occurs when the molecule
returns
to the electronic ground state, from the excited singlet state, by emission of
a photon.
To make a glow in the dark transaction card and electronic device with screen
overlay 1
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it must be powered by a phosphor. Chemical compounds that emit visible light
after
being radiated, phosphorescent materials continue to glow after their energy
source
light is gone. The electrons of phosphors are easily excited, when charged
with light,
they quickly ascend to a higher electron orbit, giving off light energy in the
process.
Natural and man made elements have been used. Zinc sulfide or strontium
aluminate
have longer phosphor persistence, adding mild radioactive tritium half life 12
years,
promethium half life 3 years, would have to be a film on top of the overlay 1
or on upper
layer or part of the overlay. The adhesive attached to the second surface 2
may contain
a phosphorescent pigment which is commercially available and may be known as
the
type P1000, sold by Hanovia, a division of Conrad, Inc. of Newark, New Jersey.
The
glow in the dark pigment using phosphor's or fluorescent is generally thirty
percent by
weight of a batch mixed with adhesive. It becomes dim quicker using
fluorescent
therefore the entire transaction card and electronic device with screen
overlay 1 would
glow in the dark. Not only will the glow in the dark properties help in
locating items in the
semi-dark, or dark, by putting symbols and numbers on the transaction card and
electronic device plus screen overlay this will distinguish which transaction
card 11
(Fig.2) is which, and which electronic device such as a PDA (12 and Figure 3),
or
cellphone (13 and figure 4) is what.
The second surface 2 of the transaction card and electronic device with screen
overlay
1, may also have natural feel and gripability made easier using edges and
elasticity of
the plastic film, a plurality of ridges, bumps, dots, patterns, or depressions
3 to enhance
gripability by the user, or an added sheet with the same or with holes in it.
The ridges,
bumps, or depressions 3 are generally no more indented or raised more than the
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thickness of the transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay 1,
and the
embossed numbers and letters on the card, so as not to interfere with the
operation of
the transaction card especially in the banking machines. The ridges, bumps, or
depressions 3 can be made in the transaction card and electronic device with
screen
overlay 1 utilizing embossing, molding, or other techniques known to those
skilled in the
art. Embossing is done to create a specific pattem, bump, or depression, or
ridges in
plastic film and sheeting used for transaction card and electronic device plus
screen
overlay's. The embossing can be done by adding another layer to the second
surface 2,
while molding using a plate made with the design and bumps, ridges,
depressions, etc,
applied to the generally plastic film. There can be more than one transaction
card and
electronic device with screen overlay 1 used on a transaction card 11 (Fig.2)
or to an
electronic device such as a PDA (12 and Figure 3), cellphone (13 and Figure 4)
screen
or other screen of an electronic device. In strips divided for better
gripability, or divide to
other configurations.
Written information 6 can be provided on the transaction card and electronic
device with
screen overlay 1 in either opaque, transparent, and semi-transparent forms.
This written
information 6 can provide a variety of messages to the viewer of the
transaction card
and electronic device with screen overlay 1 including advertisements, photos,
business
information, phone numbers, users private information, or any other
information a user
would like to have on the transaction card and electronic device with screen
overlay 1.
This information 6 can be provided on the transaction card and electronic
device with
screen overlay 1 utilizing the same opaque material used on the second surface
2 either
by using different colors of opaque material or by providing opaque material
around the
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area in which the information is contained such that the information 6 is
transparent and
surrounded by opaque material. It is also possible that the user may not want
any
written information on the transaction card and electronic device with screen
overlay 1.
In this situation, the second surface 2 would be either transparent or
completely opaque
with no written information on it. Further information provided on the second
surface 2 of
the transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay 1 using the
opaque
material could take the form of a calendar (not shown). As such, a viewer
could simply
read the current date from the calendar printed on the second surface of the
transaction
card and electronic device with overlay 1, or can be a day, month, quarter,
half plus
whole year, even with pictures, drawings etc, depicting a regular calendar.
Further, a
functional ruler 5 of measurement could be made on the second surface 2 of the
label
or transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay 1 using the
opaque or on
clear or semi-clear material. A viewer could view the ruler 5 on the 2nd
surface 2 and be
able to measure an object using the transaction card and electronic device
with screen
overlay 1. An easy functional ruler 5, or rulers of different sizes, can be
inserted on the
transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay 1, which peels off
the
backing leaving the option of a ruler on the back side of the backing, and on
the second
surface 2. A ruler 5 or rulers sized accordingly. The ruler 5 measurements and
calendar
are made as the other information described above is made on the second
surface 2
using the opaque material, but also are made on the backing of the transaction
card and
electronic device with screen overlay 1. As with the ruler a bookmark would be
done the
same way. The bookmark can be inserted on the transaction card and electronic
device
with screen overlay 1, which peels off the backing leaving the option again of
a
bookmark on the backside of the backing, and on the second surface 2. A
bookmark or
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bookmarks sized accordingly. Properties of a mirror can be incorporated onto
or into the
film of the overlay 1, made of a flexable plastic, not as a normal non
flexable
polycarbonate. The clarity may be not great so this may not be a priority
item.
The second surface 2 of the transaction card and electronic device with screen
overlay
1 may also contain a design skin to change the look or color of the card or
electronic
device, besides doing what it would normally protecting visual and nonvisual
in
formation.
The second surface 2 of the transaction card and electronic device with screen
overlay
1 may also contain a hologram image (not shown) at any one place located on
the
transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay 1 a partial or the
entire
oveday 1 may be comprised of a hologram image. A secure visual aspect adds to
having a hologram on the transaction card 11 (Fig 2), or to an electronic
device such as
a cellphone (13 and Figure 4), or a PDA (12 and Figure 3), showing the
hologram as
part of these items. A hologram could also be placed on the backing paper,
plastic, etc,
of the transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay. A hologram
is made
by bathing a 3 dimensional object in the powerful beam of laser light. Light
waves
reflected from the object form a pattern which is recorded on a special
holographic
plate. When this is developed and light is shown onto it, the original object
is recreated
as a fully 3 dimensional image. In a 2 dimensional image, if both the hologram
images
are assigned different colors and position in one layer. It has one layer on a
hologram
image, without visual depth. A 2 and 3 dimensional hologram is created from
flat
artwork using line art by software in computer, then hang output film and
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glass on a master lab to record image onto a glass master, containing several
optical
with 2d hologram images visually placed one behind another resulting in a 3
dimensional effect because each layer looks at a different distance to our
eyes with
visual depth. Virtually any existing design or logo can be made into a 2d or 3
dimension
hologram with depth and parallax. Breaking the art into color separations and
add layers
which contain 2-4 layers and up to 6 colors. True color hologram 2d and 3
dimensional
images with quality artwork, hard to copy, forgery, and dot matrix hologram
using a high
resolution dot structure (600 dpi usually), having lots of kinetic movement.
Having a
broader viewing angle and millions of dots making it have more movement effect
than a
2D and 3D kinetic movement hologram image, composed by at least 3 viewing
angle
color lines images in some certain sequence with hologram lines, not dots. In
holograms
there are 3 types, film, photopolymer, and embossed. Embossed holograms are
the
most common hologram products and can be easily mass produced by embossing.
Widely used for labels, security, packaging and display purposes. To make
embossed
holograms 1 st a holography nickel master original first must be made. The
numbers,
letters on a credit card, or card, embossed, are above or are the same
thickness of the
hologram. Therefore it can go in and out of an ATM or automated bank machine.
The
transaction card and electronic device plus screen overlay 1 with hologram
image (not
shown) gives the security impression of being directly part of the card or
electronic
device, thus adding to it's own security.
The transaction card and electronic device plus screen overlay I is used by
first
removing the transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay 1 from
it's
backing made generally of paper, wax paper, plastic or paper and adhering the
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transaction card and electronic device windscreen overlay 1 to a transaction
card 11
(Fig 2). Because the transaction card and electronic device with screen
overlay 1 is
easily removable, it can be removed and adhered to another transaction card 11
or to
an electronic device such as a PDA (12 and Figure 3), cellphone (13 and Figure
4)
screen or other screen of an electronic device. The transaction card and
electronic
device with screen overlay 1 can be removed from the screen and placed back on
the
transaction card 11 surface, be used as a ruler, or be discarded. Prior to
being removed
from its paper, wax paper, or plastic backing the transaction card and
electronic device
plus screen overlay 1 could also be used as a business card. A business card,
transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay, having before the
release
backing is pulled off, two areas front and back which can be used to put
written
information 6, advertising, drawing, pictures, holograph's etc. When the
release is pulled
off the business card becomes two business cards. Business card information on
the
release liner back, and other information, etc, on the other side, or the
reverse. In
addition to being a transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay
1, it
provides protection to any device including scratch, shock, and damage
protection to
the transaction cards 11 and screens of the electronic devices on which it is
adhered to.
Business cards are a great form of advertising and this is a vehicle for it to
progress on.
The transaction card and electronic device with screen overlay can be a skin
on the
card and electronic device to cover more than tne information on cards and
screen, but
also the screen and other parts of the electronic device for design or
advertising
capabilities, as while as providing anti-radiation and anti-bacterial
protection and visual
security protection.
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One of ordinary skill in the art would recognize other variations,
modifications and
alternatives. It should be recognized that while the present invention has
been
described in the preferred embodiments there of, those skilled in the art may
develop
wide variation of structural and operational details without departing from
the principals
of the invention. Therefore, the appended claims are to be construed to cover
all
equivalents following within the true scope of the spirit of the invention.
While the invention has been described in connection with a preferred
embodiment, it is
not intended to limit the scope of the invention to the particular form set
forth, but on the
contrary, it is intended to cover such alternatives, modifications, and
equivalents as may
be included within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the
appended
claims.
