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Apparatus and method for production of transaction cards

A transaction card, customer technology, applied in the direction of cooperating devices, activation of identification cards or credit cards with codes, cards for carrying information, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-03-28
SERVERSIDE GROUP LTD
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[0005] But prior to the present invention, financial account access components such as credit cards had not been personalized in appearance; perhaps due to the existence of expected difficulty

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[0027] In an embodiment according to the invention, a method is presented for making a financial account access component, such as a credit card or other financial card, with a personalized appearance. Embodiments of the present invention allow the fabrication of such financial account access components with a design of the user's choice, while also maintaining a moderate level of security for the user's personal financial information; thereby also allowing for their economical integration into conventional card making technology . The embodiments herein are relatively easy for card issuers to implement with minimal changes to current systems; and allow cardholders to personalize their entire card, down to the issuer logo and hologram.

[0028] Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a typical prior art for making a financial account access component, wherein the financial account access component is a credit card as an example, and its appearance is not personalized. The card issuer 10...

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Abstract

A method for producing transaction cards corresponding to an account of a customer and bearing an image defined by said customer comprises associating an optically-readable identifier with a customer-defined image to be applied to the transaction card. The optical identifier can be read to reconcile it with a corresponding identifier related to customer account information to be applied to the transaction card. In this way a card may be produced bearing the image defined by the customer and the customer's account information.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims the benefit of PCT application serial number PCT / GB2004 / 000626, filed 17 February 2004, entitled "Method and Apparatus for Manipulating"; and claims GB application serial number 0407042.1 , filed March 29, 2004, and entitled "Secure Production Facility." The disclosures of these two related applications are hereby incorporated by reference. technical field [0003] The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for producing transaction cards; in particular, to methods and apparatus for producing transaction cards having a personalized appearance. Background technique [0004] There is currently a growing trend to personalize the appearance of mass-market consumer items, as seen, for example, in the custom design of mobile phones and the use of ring tones. [0005] But prior to the present invention, financial account access components such as credit cards had not been personalized in ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30G06Q40/00G06Q50/00G06K19/06B42D15/10G07F7/10G06K17/00G06Q30/00G07F7/08G07F7/12
CPCB42D2031/34G06Q50/00B42D25/485G07F7/08G06Q20/4014G07F7/12G07F7/122G06K2017/0041B42D2031/14G06Q30/00G07F7/086G06K19/07716B42D25/425G06F17/30725G06F16/381
Inventor A·埃尔加T·埃尔加
Owner SERVERSIDE GROUP LTD
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