Automatic verified embossed card package production methods
First Claim
1. In a method of producing an embossed card package with verified embossed cards including the steps of prestoring embossed card information apart from a card to be used to emboss cards and accessing the prestored embossed card information to emboss the card with the prestored embossed card information, the improvement comprising the step of:
- reading from the cards the embossed information on the cards with an embossed character reader;
comparing the embossed information read from the cards with the prestored embossed information for the card to determine if there is a mismatch; and
automatically identifying as incorrect each card for which it is determined during the step of comparing that there is a mismatch.
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Abstract
Methods of operating embossed card package production system (10) by verifying by reading and comparing information obtained by reading embossed (32) and magnetically encoded information (35) and coded information (27) on a carrier (26A, 26B) stored card and carrier information in a forms data memory (44) and a card data memory (40) to make new cards appropriately prepared and are correctly matched to the carriers (26A, 26B). Incorrect cards (30) are sent to a reject location (90) to prevent formation of incorrect packages. Only cards (30) which are determined to be correctly prepared have activation labels 21 applied which also serve to distinguish them from incorrectly prepared cards (30) and inventory reports are automatically kept of rejected carriers, rejected cards and the number of labels as well as the number of correct carriers produced which are printed on the very type of carrier to which the accounting information relates with a carrier printer (48). Multiple types of bar codes (22) and identified and decoded automatically.
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33 Claims
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1. In a method of producing an embossed card package with verified embossed cards including the steps of prestoring embossed card information apart from a card to be used to emboss cards and accessing the prestored embossed card information to emboss the card with the prestored embossed card information, the improvement comprising the step of:
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reading from the cards the embossed information on the cards with an embossed character reader; comparing the embossed information read from the cards with the prestored embossed information for the card to determine if there is a mismatch; and automatically identifying as incorrect each card for which it is determined during the step of comparing that there is a mismatch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of automatically producing verified embossed card packages, comprising the steps of:
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preparing cards with machine readable indicia; automatically applying labels with information relating to card activation to the cards at a location spaced from the machine readable indicia; mounting the cards with applied labels to matching carriers with information that matches the machine readable indicia; and mailing the matching carrier with matched mounted cards with applied labels to a card user.
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12. In a method of producing an embossed card package with a verified carrier including the steps of prestoring carrier information apart from a carrier to be used to print carriers and accessing the prestored carrier information to print the prestored carrier information on the carrier, the improvement comprising the steps of:
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reading from each carrier information printed on the carrier; comparing the carrier information read from said carrier with the prestored carrier information to determine if there is a mismatch; and automatically identifying each carrier as incorrect in response to the comparison of the read carrier information with the prestored carrier information determining there is a mismatch. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of automatically producing verified embossed card packages, comprising the steps of:
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automatically embossing the cards with selected card information; automatically checking cards for correctness; automatically rejecting incorrect cards; passing correct cards to a labeler; and automatically applying removable informational labels to the correct cards passed to the labeler. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of automatically producing verified embossed card packages with cards mounted to mailing forms, comprising the steps of:
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obtaining card information for each of the cards; sensing a code printed on the carrier; automatically determining which of a plurality of different possible types of codes on the carriers is the code sensed from each carrier; decoding from each carrier the code in accordance with the type of code determined for each carrier to obtain carrier information; comparing the card information for each card with the obtained carrier information to determine if there is a match; rejecting cards which do not match the carrier information decoded from the carrier; and mounting cards to carriers which have carrier information decoded from said plurality of codes that matches the card information for each of the cards to be mounted to the carrier. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A method of producing verified credit card packages, each having at least one card with card information mounted to a mailing form with carrier information corresponding to the card information of the mounted card, comprising the steps of:
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rejecting cards which have incorrect card information independently of rejection of carriers with incorrect carrier information; rejecting carriers which have incorrect carrier information printed thereon independently of rejection of cards with incorrect card information; and accumulating card package production information including accumulating the number of cards rejected and accumulating the number of carriers rejected independently of the step of accumulating the number of cards rejected with incorrect card information. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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