Presentation instrument display and activation systems and methods
US8175924B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 2008 |
| Grant date | May 8, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2030 |
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. The purchase card has an account identifier associated therewith and has a card indicium affixed thereto. The purchase card includes a machine-readable information encoding region into which the account identifier is encoded. The card carrier has a carrier indicium affixed thereto. The method includes 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. Activating the card by associating value to it includes comparing the information from the card indicium and the information from the carrier indicium with the stored card indicium and the stored carrier indicium.
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