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Secure card

  • US 7,959,076 B1
  • Filed: 04/26/2007
  • Issued: 06/14/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A secure financial card, comprising:

  • a substrate;

    a first state with a first account number stored on the substrate in both a visible manner and a machine readable manner before an initial activation of the card, the first account number being configured to initiate the initial activation of the card; and

    a second state with a second account number stored only in a non-visible manner on the substrate with the second account number being generated upon the initial activation of the card by a user of the card, wherein the first state does not store the second account number; and

    wherein the card is not usable prior to the initial activation of the card.

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