Patent 7306144 was granted and assigned to Cirque Corporation on December, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A contactless smart card reader that is integrated into the hardware of a touchpad, wherein the circuit board substrate of the touchpad provides a mechanical substrate on which the hardware of the contactless smart card reader can be disposed, and wherein the touchpad is already widely distributed in other electronic appliances, and as a stand-alone device.