阅读理解Therearesomanydifferentplasticcardsthatadultshavetocarryaround－librarycardssavingscardsfordifferentbankscreditcardsjusttonameafew…．Sowhynothaveonecardt

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　　Therearesomanydifferentplasticcardsthatadultshavetocarryaround－librarycardssavingscardsfordifferentbankscreditcardsjusttonameafew…．Sowhynothaveonecardtoreplacethemall?

　　ScottBarnhillan11-year-oldfifth-gradestudentintheUShascomeupwithanideafora“SecurityOneCard”．

　　Soundsmart?TheUSPatent(专利)OfficethoughtsoanditapprovedapatentforhisideainApril．

　　Here’sanexampleofhowBarnhill’sideawouldwork．

　　Let’ssayyouhavethethreecardsmentionedabove．Insteadofcarryingthemallyoucouldhavejustonebyhavingadditionalmagneticstrips(磁条)addedtoit．

　　Themagneticstripscanbeaddedtoanyplasticcardevenablankone．

　　Companiescouldaddtheirinformationtooneofthestrips．Forinstanceyoucouldaskalibrarytoaddastriptoyourbankcard．

　　Barnhillhasalotofhobbiesincludingdesigningwebsites．Hegottheideaattheageof9whenhesawhisfatherusingakeycardtoentertheirhotelroom．Hethought“Thehotelsarewastingmoney-withthekeycards．”Soinsteadofusingahotel-issuedkeycardguestscouldusetheircreditcards－ifthehoteladdedaspecialmagneticstripAtcheck-out(退房)，thestripwouldsimplyberemoved．

　　Nowthathehashispatenthisnextstepisaletter-writingcampaigntogetsupportfrommajorcreditcardcompanies．

　　“I’mgoingtobewritingletterstocreditcardcompaniestoaskiftheycanco-operate．Ihopethey’llgivememoneyever)timesomeoneputsastriponthebackofanothercardoreverytimetheideaisused”Barnhillsaid．“I’llwritethelettersandseewhattheysay．IftheysaynoI’llasksomeoneelseanothercreditcardcompany．”

　　Heishopingtomakemoneyfromhispatentandhasdecideditwouldbebettertocollectroyalties(专利使用费)iftheideatakesoffratherthansellhispatent．

　　“TheATMpersonwhoinventedthatsolditoutright(全部的4)，andifhe'dchosenroyaltieshe'dgettike2centsforeverytransaction(交易)andhe'dbeabillionairenow”Scottsaid．

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