System and method for manufacturing a punch-out RFID transaction device
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1. A method for manufacturing a radio frequency identification (RFID) transaction device, comprising:
- preparing a sheet of a plurality of RFID transaction cards, wherein each RFID transaction card is distinguished from each other RFID transaction card by transaction card alignment marks, the transaction card alignment marks defining the individual outside perimeter for each RFID transaction card;
sensing, using an optic sensor, a plurality of preprinted RFID transaction device alignment marks on the sheet of the plurality of RFID transaction cards, and causing a stamping device to reconfigure to impress a shape defined by the preprinted RFID transaction device alignment marks;
impressing by the stamping device a plurality of distinct RFID transaction device outlines into the sheet of the plurality of RFID transaction cards as defined by the preprinted RFID transaction device alignment marks for each respective RFID transaction device, wherein each RFID transaction device outline is impressed so as to lie substantially completely within an RFID transaction card outside perimeter, the impressing of the RFID transaction device outlines being done with sufficient pressure so as to form a removable RFID transaction device within each transaction card outside perimeter, the RFID transaction device being operable to send radio frequency (RF) transmission;
punching out at least one of the plurality of RFID transaction cards in accordance with the transaction card alignment marks; and
removing at least one RFID transaction device from within at least one of the plurality of the RFID transaction cards.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for producing an irregularly shaped Radio Frequency operable transaction device using conventional International Standards Organization dimensions for conventional transaction cards. The invention provides for normal manufacture of a plurality of transaction cards joined together in a single sheet. The outline of a RFID transaction device is impressed in a center portion of one of the transaction cards. A RFID transaction device may then be removed, or punched out of the transaction card in accordance with the transaction device outline.
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1. A method for manufacturing a radio frequency identification (RFID) transaction device, comprising:
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preparing a sheet of a plurality of RFID transaction cards, wherein each RFID transaction card is distinguished from each other RFID transaction card by transaction card alignment marks, the transaction card alignment marks defining the individual outside perimeter for each RFID transaction card; sensing, using an optic sensor, a plurality of preprinted RFID transaction device alignment marks on the sheet of the plurality of RFID transaction cards, and causing a stamping device to reconfigure to impress a shape defined by the preprinted RFID transaction device alignment marks; impressing by the stamping device a plurality of distinct RFID transaction device outlines into the sheet of the plurality of RFID transaction cards as defined by the preprinted RFID transaction device alignment marks for each respective RFID transaction device, wherein each RFID transaction device outline is impressed so as to lie substantially completely within an RFID transaction card outside perimeter, the impressing of the RFID transaction device outlines being done with sufficient pressure so as to form a removable RFID transaction device within each transaction card outside perimeter, the RFID transaction device being operable to send radio frequency (RF) transmission; punching out at least one of the plurality of RFID transaction cards in accordance with the transaction card alignment marks; and removing at least one RFID transaction device from within at least one of the plurality of the RFID transaction cards. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 9)
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4. A system for manufacturing a radio frequency identification (RFID) operable transaction device supported within the body of an RFID operable transaction card, the RFID operable transaction device being removable from the RFID operable transaction card for independent operation, comprising:
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a sheet of a plurality of RFID transaction cards, wherein each RFID transaction card is distinguished from each other RFID transaction card by transaction card alignment marks, the transaction card alignment marks defining the individual outside perimeter for each RFID transaction card; an optic sensor, operable to sense a plurality of preprinted RFID transaction device alignment marks on the sheet of the plurality of RFID transaction cards; a stamping device operable to reconfigure to impress a shape defined by the preprinted RFID transaction device alignment marks read by the optic sensor and to impress a plurality of distinct RFID transaction device outlines into the sheet of the plurality of RFID transaction cards as defined by the preprinted RFID transaction device alignment marks for each respective RFID transaction device, wherein each RFID transaction device outline is impressed so as to lie substantially completely within an RFID transaction card outside perimeter, the impressing of the RFID transaction device outlines being done with sufficient pressure so as to form a removable RFID transaction device within each transaction card outside perimeter, the RFID transaction device being operable to send radio frequency (RF) transmission; a punching device operable to punch out at least one of the plurality of RFID transaction cards in accordance with the transaction card alignment marks; and a removing device operable to remove at least one RFID transaction device from within at least one of the plurality of the RFID transaction cards. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 10)
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