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US 7,000,844 B1Granted
Detachable protected point of sale card
AssigneeUV Color, Inc.
InventorDennis R. Smith
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Abstract
The invention is generally directed toward display and presentment technology for activatable point of sale cards. The cards can be mounted on a display sheet for use in display or shipment applications. In addition security benefits are provided by orienting a data field on the card such that removal of the card from the sheet is required for card activation.
Claims16
An article comprising:
- a) a display sheet and a card manufactured from a single sheet of material, the card being generally rectangular and having a reference edge, a second edge opposite the reference edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge,
- b) wherein the card is separated from the display sheet by a score line along the reference edge and only the reference edge of the card and the second, third, and fourth edges of the card do not contact the display sheet;
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- c) a magnetic strip disposed on the card along the reference edge, wherein the magnetic strip is more than one inch from the second edge of the card and wherein the magnetic strip cannot be read with a conventional card reader without removing the card from the display sheet.
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An article comprising:
- a) a display sheet and a card manufactured from a single sheet of material the card being generally rectangular and having a reference edge, a second edge opposite the reference edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge,
- b) wherein the card is separated from the display sheet by a score line along the reference edge and only the reference edge of the card and the second, third, and fourth edges of the card do not contact the display sheet;
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- c) a magnetic strip disposed on the card along the reference edge, wherein the magnetic strip is closer to the reference edge than to the second edge of the card so that the magnetic strip cannot be read with a conventional card reader without removing the card from the display sheet.
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A process comprising the steps of:
- a) removing a card from a display sheet, wherein the display sheet and the card are manufactured from a single sheet of material, the card being generally rectangular and having a reference edge, a second edge opposite the reference edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge, and the card is separated from the display sheet by a single score line along the reference edge and only the reference edge of the card and the second, third, and fourth edges of the card do not contact the display sheet and wherein the card has a magnetic strip disposed on the card along the reference edge, where the magnetic strip is more than one inch from the second edge of the card so that the magnetic strip cannot be read with a conventional card reader without removing the card from the display sheet;
- b) activating the card by passing the card through a data reading device which reads card specific information from the magnetic strip;
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- c) transmitting the card-specific information to a computer which monitors metered accounts so that the computer can credit the account in the appropriate amount.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.