Presentation instrument display and activation systems and methods
US7354004B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 1, 2005 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F7/127
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of validating and activating a purchase card includes providing a purchase card that is removably attached to a card carrier, wherein the purchase card has an account identifier associated therewith and has a card indicium affixed thereto, wherein the purchase card includes a machine-readable information encoding region into which the account identifier is encoded, and wherein the card carrier has a carrier indicium affixed thereto; populating a database with a stored card indicium that relates to the card indicium, a stored carrier indicium that relates to the carrier indicium, and a stored account identifier that relates to the account identifier, thereby uniquely coupling the account identifier to the card indicium; at a point-of-sale device and in response to a customer request to purchase the purchase card, entering information from the card indicium into the point-of-sale device; at the point-of-sale device, entering information from the carrier indicium into the point-of-sale device; comparing the information from the card indicium and the information from the carrier indicium with the stored card indicium and the stored carrier indicium; and based at least in part …
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