Method and system providing in-line pre-production data preparation and personalization solutions for smart cards
AssigneeMist, Inc.
InventorsVictor Chan, Francis Ho
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Abstract
An integrated card personalization system is provided using an “in-line” approach for seamless card personalization directly from cardholder data files to avoid duplication of hardware and eliminate the need for an overnight batch process to prepare cardholder data for card personalization. Such integrated card personalization system allows for the personalization of transaction cards such as smart cards on more flexible, low cost, low maintenance and smaller personalization systems so as to save the personalization bureau time and money, particularly on small volume production runs, and eliminate the need to hire and maintain internal software development staff with high attendant cost.
Claims30
A host card personalization system, comprising:
- an operating system;
- and
- a smart card issuance application module executed by said operating system to enable the host card personalization system to receive a data file of cardholder data, to perform a pre-production data preparation process of said cardholder data for generating personalization data, and to perform card personalization of a transaction card using said personalization data for issuing a personalized card.
A method for providing in-line pre-production data preparation and personalization in a card production system comprising:
- obtaining a data file of cardholder data from a card issuer;
- performing a pre-production data preparation process of said cardholder data to obtain personalization data;
- and
- performing a card personalization process of a transaction card using said personalization data obtained directly from the pre-production data preparation process to issue a personalized card.
A computer readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor of a computer system, cause the processor to perform the steps of:
- obtaining a data file of cardholder data;
- performing a pre-production data preparation process of said cardholder data to produce a personalization file of said cardholder data;
- and
- enabling card personalization of a transaction card using said personalization file to issue a personalized card.
A computer system, comprising:
- a host processor;
- and
- a computer readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the host processor, cause the host processor to:
- obtain a data file of cardholder data;
- prepare the data file of said cardholder data in accordance with a pre-production data preparation process to produce personalization data;
- and
- prepare card personalization of a transaction card using said personalization data to produce a personalized card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.