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US 6,957,737 B1Granted
Package for activatable point of sale cards
AssigneeUV Color, Inc.
InventorsDaniel J. Frederickson, Dennis R. Smith
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Abstract
Activatable point of sale cards in which multiple cards can be mounted on a display sheet for use in display or shipment applications. Several cards can be included in the package, with each card being associated with a unique account. The card accounts may be conveniently activated by orienting a data field on the display sheet that is associated with the accounts which can be used to activate all of the accounts in one transaction.
Claims21
A package assembly comprising;
- a) a display sheet and a data field affixed to the display sheet;
- b) a covering which cooperates with the display sheet to form an enclosed space;
- c) a plurality of cards retained within the enclosed space;
- d) wherein each of the plurality of cards is uniquely associated with one of a plurality of accounts in a database;
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- e) wherein the data field on the display sheet contains data that can activate all of the plurality of accounts associated with the plurality of cards.
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A package assembly comprising:
- a) a display sheet formed of a single sheet of plastic material with generic and/or package-specific data printed on at least one side of the display sheet;
- b) an ultraviolet-curable coating on at least one side of the display sheet;
- c) data field affixed to the display sheet containing data uniquely identifying the display sheet;
- d) a covering which cooperates with the display sheet so as to form an enclosed space;
- e) a plurality of cards retained in the enclosed space, each card having a personal identification number printed on it and each of the plurality of cards being uniquely associated with one of a plurality of accounts in a database, wherein the personal identification number is obscured by a removable covering and wherein the data field contains data that can activate all of the plurality of accounts associated with the plurality of cards.
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A process for activating a plurality of cards comprising:
- a) passing a display sheet through a data field reader which reads data from a data field that is affixed to the display sheet;
- wherein there is a covering which cooperates with the display sheet to form an enclosed space, and a plurality of cards retained within the enclosed space;
- wherein each of the plurality of cards is uniquely associated with one of a plurality of accounts in a database and the data field contains data that can activate all of the plurality of accounts associated with the plurality of cards;
- b) activating the plurality of cards by transmitting data from the data field to a computer which monitors metered accounts so that the computer can credit the accounts associated with each of the cards in an appropriate amount.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.