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Presentation instrument display and activation systems and methods

  • US 10,269,203 B2
  • Filed: 04/10/2012
  • Issued: 04/23/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of validating a device the method comprising:

  • providing the device removably attached to a device carrier, wherein;

    the device has encoded thereon an account identifier in a first machine-readable format, wherein the first machine-readable format is associated with magnetic material on the device;

    the device further has encoded thereon a card indicium in a second machine-readable format, wherein the second machine-readable format is an optical machine-readable format;

    the device carrier has encoded thereon a carrier indicium in the second machine-readable format;

    storing, within a database, an association between the account identifier, the card indicum, and the carrier indicium;

    receiving, from a scanning device, a first data set and a second data set;

    comparing the first data set and the second data set to the card indicium and the carrier indicium, respectively to determine that the first data set matches the card indicium and the second data set matches the carrier indicium;

    in response to determining that the first data set matches the card indicum and the second data set matches the carrier indicium, receiving, from a magnetic reading device, a third data set;

    comparing the third data set to the account information to determine the third data set matches the account information; and

    in response to determining the third data set matches the account information, activating the device by associating a value to the device.

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