Card reader on thin client

following problem: we are using thin clients in our citrix environment and want to use a cardreader connected to it. the user swipes through an airline boarding pass or a member card and we want to parse the input an display it in a web app (java/tomcat based).
as I cannot install anything on the thin client, I guess the only way to go is an applet.
does anybody know of a good product to do so (either open source or commercial).
thanks,
uwe geercken

You are looking for advice about what brand of card reader to use? That doesn't sound like a Java Programming problem to me.

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