Composite activation indicia substrate

• US 9,569,769 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2012
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: e2Interactive Incorporated
• Original Assignee: e2Interactive Incorporated
• Inventors: Smith, Merrill Brooks, Smith, Chandilyn
• Primary Examiner(s): ELLIS, SUEZU Y
• Application Number:
  US13/621,333
• Publication Number:
  US 20140076978A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,611 Days
• Field of Search: 235/486, 235/487, 235/380, 705/35, 705/39, 705/41, 206493-496, 206/39, 206/39.7, 206/39.8
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 15/045 Multi-part cards or sheets, i.e. combined with detachably mounted articles
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 73/0085 within a window, hole or cut-out portion
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/02 using printers
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06028 using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06046 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06187 with magnetically detectable marking
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06196 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/08 using markings of different kinds or more than one marking of the same kind in the same record carrier, e.g. one marking being sensed by optical and the other by magnetic means
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/354 Card activation or deactivation

Abstract

The present invention is generally directed towards a card and package assembly and methods of making the same. Card and package assemblies in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention may include a package, a data card, the data card packaged at least in part within the package, and an activation indicia, the activation indicia comprising a first portion printed on the package and a second portion printed on the data card. Methods of packaging a data card in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention may include steps of manufacturing or otherwise obtaining a data card, manufacturing or otherwise obtaining a package, determining an activation indicia, packaging the data card at least in part within the package, and printing the activation indicia in part on the data card and in part on the package.

Claims

1. A card and package assembly, comprising:

a package, formed from a substrate and comprising an aperture therein;

a data card, the data card packaged within the package and substantially aligned with the aperture such that at least a portion of the card is visible through the aperture; and

an activation indicia, the activation indicia comprising a first portion printed on a portion of the package within which the data card is disposed and a second portion printed on the portion of the data card visible through the aperture, both the first portion and the second portion of the activation indicia being required in order to activate the card.

2. A method of packaging a data card, comprising:

manufacturing or obtaining a data card;

manufacturing or obtaining a package, the package comprising an aperture;

determining an activation indicia, useable to activate the data card;

packaging the data card within the package, substantially aligned with the aperture such that at least a portion of the card is visible through the aperture;

after the packaging step, printing the activation indicia in part on the portion of the card visible through the aperture and in part on a portion of the package in which the data card is disposed.

3. The method of packaging a data card of claim 2, wherein the step of printing the activation indicia comprises printing the activation indicia on the data card and in the package in a single process such that the activation indicia extends uninterrupted across data card and the package.