US 6,224,108 B1Granted

Packaged data card assembly

AssigneeWestern Graphics and Data, Inc.

InventorBrian Klure

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Abstract

A packaged data card assembly includes at least one data card having a first substrate with opposite faces and personal identifying indicia on one face correlated with a selectively activatable account. The assembly also includes a package comprising at least one panel having a second substrate separate from the first substrate, the data card being detachably connected to the panel so that the personal identifying indicia on the card are concealed by the panel. Account activation indicia are on the package in an exposed location, such activation indicia also being correlated with the account. Preferably, first account verification indicia are provided on the data card and second account verification indicia are provided on the package, both different from the personal identifying indicia on the card and both correlated with the same account.

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Dependent claims

A packaged data card assembly comprising:

(a) at least one data card having a first substrate with opposite faces and personal identifying indicia, correlated with an activatable account, on a first one of said faces;
(b) a package including at least one panel having a second substrate separate from said first substrate, said data card being detachably connected to said panel so the said personal identifying indicia are concealed by said panel;
(c) activation indicia on said package in an exposed location, said activation indicia being correlated with said account so that said account is activatable by said activation indicia;
(d) first account verification indicia on said data card and second account verification indicia on said package, both different from said personal identifying indicia and both correlated with said account, said first and second account verification indicia both being visibly exposed, said first one of said faces of said debit card containing said first account verification indicia, and said panel of said package including an aperture visibly exposing said first account verification indicia.

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