System and method for secure card packaging and activation
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1. A secure card package, comprising:
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a second portion separably interconnected to the first portion along a separation line and separable from the first portion to define a reference edge of the secure card package that is established only upon the separation of the second portion from the first portion;
at least one activable card disposed within the first portion so that a proprietary account data field on the activable card is unreadable; and
a machine-readable activation data field comprising a magnetic stripe that is disposed with respect to the separation line, wherein upon separation of the second portion from the first portion to define the reference edge, the machine-readable activation data field is located relative to the reference edge such that machine-readable activation data field is only readable by a complimentary reader upon separation of the second portion from the first portion as the magnetic stripe is only indexed relative to the reference edge for passage through the complimentary reader.
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Abstract
A secure card package including features such that an activable card disposed in the secure card package is activable only upon separation of a first portion and a second portion. The first portion and the second portion are separably interconnected along a separation line such that upon separation of the first portion and the second portion a reference edge is defined. A machine-readable activation data field is disposed on one of the first portion or second portion with respect to the reference edge such that the machine-readable activation data field is only readable upon separation of the first portion and the second portion to define the reference edge.
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1. A secure card package, comprising:
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a first portion; a second portion separably interconnected to the first portion along a separation line and separable from the first portion to define a reference edge of the secure card package that is established only upon the separation of the second portion from the first portion; at least one activable card disposed within the first portion so that a proprietary account data field on the activable card is unreadable; and a machine-readable activation data field comprising a magnetic stripe that is disposed with respect to the separation line, wherein upon separation of the second portion from the first portion to define the reference edge, the machine-readable activation data field is located relative to the reference edge such that machine-readable activation data field is only readable by a complimentary reader upon separation of the second portion from the first portion as the magnetic stripe is only indexed relative to the reference edge for passage through the complimentary reader. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for handling a secure card package having at least one activable card at a point-of-sale location, comprising:
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separating a first portion and a second portion along a separation line at the point-of-sale location to define a reference edge of the secure card package that is established only upon separation of the second portion from the first portion, wherein a machine-readable activation data field comprising a magnetic stripe is disposed with respect to the separation line, wherein upon separation of the first portion and the second portion the machine-readable activation data field is disposed relative to the reference edge to index the machine-readable activation data field relative to the reference edge such that the machine-readable activation data field is only readable by a complimentary reader upon the separating of the first portion from the second portion to define the reference edge for indexing of the machine-readable activation data field; reading the machine-readable activation data field with a magnetic reading, wherein the reference edge indexes the machine-readable activation data field relative to the magnetic reading head, and wherein at least one activable card is activated upon reading the machine-readable activation data field with the magnetic reading head; and retaining the at least one activable card in the first portion throughout the separating step so that a proprietary account data field on the at least one activable card is unreadable.
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