Credit card with chromogenic features
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorsMichael Mossoba, Abdelkader Benkreira, Joshua Edwards
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Abstract
A credit card with an obscurable account identifier. The credit card further comprises a substrate defining a first surface with a chromogenic feature wherein the chromogenic feature is capable of changing from a first state and a second state based on an activating trigger. In the first state, the chromogenic feature appears with a first optical property that obscures the account identifier, and in the second state, the chromogenic feature appears with a second optical property that reveals the account identifier.
Claims19
A transaction card comprising:
- a first substrate comprising a first chromogenic material defining a first surface;
- and
- a second substrate comprising a second chromogenic material, the second chromogenic material being attached to a portion of the first substrate and defining a second surface on a plane parallel to the first surface, wherein:
- the second surface comprises a printed numeric identifier;
- the first chromogenic material is changeable from a first state to a second state, based on a first activating trigger;
- the second chromogenic material is changeable from a third state to a fourth state, based on a second activating trigger;
- when the first material is in the first state and the second material is in the third state, the identifier is obscured;
- and
- when the first material is in the second state and the second material is in the fourth state, the identifier is revealed.
A system for financial transactions comprising:
- a transaction card comprising:
- a first substrate defining a first surface;
- and
- a second substrate comprising a chromogenic material, the chromogenic material being attached to a portion of the first substrate and defining a second surface on a plane parallel to the first surface, wherein:
- the first surface comprises a printed numeric identifier;
- the chromogenic material is changeable from a first state to a second state, based on a first activating trigger;
- when the chromogenic material is in the first state, the identifier is obscured;
- and
- when the chromogenic material is in the second state, the identifier is revealed.
A transaction card comprising:
- a substrate comprising a thermochromic material defining a first surface;
- and
- a numeric identifier printed on the first surface, wherein:
- the thermochromic material is changeable from a first state to a second state based on an activating trigger;
- in the first state, the thermochromic material exhibits a first optical property that obscures the identifier;
- and
- in the second state, the thermochromic material exhibits a second optical property that reveals the identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.