Done By: Parth Patel

Rahil Meghani
Kiran Kaur
Definition: A card reader is a data input device
that reads data from a card-shaped storage
medium. The smart card usually have micro-
chip on which data is stored


Smart cards contain a small chip that stores
data. Using a special device, called a smart
card reader, the user can read data from the
card, add new data, or revise existing data.
Some smart cards, called intelligent smart
cards, also contain their own tiny
microprocessor, and they function like a
computer. Although they have not yet come
into widespread use, smart cards are finding
many purposes-both current and future.
For examples, large hotels now issue guests
a smart card instead of a key; the card not
only allows guests to access their room, but
it also allows them to charge other services
and expenses to the card as well.

The chip in smart cards can be used to store
a persons entire medical history, or they
could be used as a source of secure ID.


HARDWARE.
Chips.
Plastic.
SOFTWARE.
USB CAC Reader.
Alcor Micro Smart Card Reader.
Microsoft Smart Card Reader.

Payphones
The main advantages are that the phone company does not
have to collect coins, and the users do not have to have coins
or remember long access numbers and PIN codes. Smart
cards have the further advantage over magnetic stripe cards
of being reloadable, and allowing advanced features like
phone banking, automatic memory dialing and on-line
services.

Mobile Communications
Smart card readers are used as identification device for GSM
digital mobile phones. The card stores all the necessary
information in order to properly identify and bill the user, so
that any user can use any phone terminal.


Electronic Purse
A smart card can be used to store a monetary value
for small purchases. Card readers retrieve the
amount currently stored, and subtract the amount
for the goods or services being purchased.
Groceries, transportation tickets, parking,
Laundromats, cafeterias, taxis and all types of
vending machines are only some of the purchases
that often do not reach amounts to justify the
hassle of using a credit card (a cash card reader
does not require a permanent phone connection
with a host computer). Radio-read smart cards will
allow the free flow of people through
transportation systems, avoiding the need of
ticketing machines or validation gates.




ID Verification and Access Control
The computational power of smart cards allows
running mutual authentication and public-key
encryption software in order to reliably identify the
bearer of the card. For higher security needs, a
smart card is a tamper-proof device to store such
information as a user's picture or fingerprints.
Smart cards can be used also for network access: in
addition or in alternative to user IDs and
passwords, a networked computer equipped with a
smart card reader can reliably identify the user.

Health Care
Smart cards allow the information for a patient's history
to be reliably and safely stored. Health care
professionals can instantaneously access such
information when needed, and update the content.
Instant patient verification allows immediate insurance
processing and refund. Doctors and nurses themselves
can carry smart card-based IDs that allow secure,
multi-level access to private information.
Banking & Retail
Smart banking cards can be used as credit, direct debit
or stored value cards, offering a counterfeit- and
tamper-proof device. The intelligent microchip on the
card and the card readers use mutual authentication
procedures that protect users, merchants and banks
from fraudulent use. Other services enabled by smart
cards are advanced loyalty programs and electronic
coupons.
It is easy to use.

Data can easily be changed.

Smart card readers allow their customers with
another options to pay for their items.

The smart card readers are cheap. Small hotels can
afford it for the door lock systems.

In some businesses where employees use smart
cards for access, the smart card readers can be
placed anywhere for employees to gain access.


There is a higher risk of forgery
Data base is vulnerable to attacks
People need to be computer literates to use
smart card readers

Smart Card Reader Magnetic Stripe Reader
They only read smart cards They only read magnetic strip
cards
Sometimes such devices come in-
built in pc
These dont exist in pc
It reads by supplying the
integrated circuit on the smart
card with electricity and via
protocols letting the user read the
chip.
It reads the information by
detecting the changes in the
magnetic field caused by the flux
reversals on the bandages
magnetic stripe
They can carry out transactions in
a short time (5 sec)
They take 10-13 sec to carry out
transactions
Smart card technology is being applied in
various ways to facilitate trade, gain access
to services and products, verify identity and
establish and influence relationships.