Gift card assembly and method
OwnerSuzanne D. Corcoran, Brian D. Gallagher +1inventors
InventorsSuzanne D. Corcoran, Brian D. Gallagher, Daniel A. Hincks
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Abstract
A gift card system includes a gift card imprinted with indicia identifying the issuer, an adhesively coated security label permanently adhered to the card and imprinted on one surface with the value of the gift, and a gift record for recording information concerning the gift including the date of issuance and the value thereof. A recording sheet providing the gift record and the opposite surface of the substrate and the face of the recording sheet have cooperating interactive coatings thereon to imprint the recording sheet. A second security label is substantially permanently adhered on the first security label and imprinted with a reduced value to reflect a partial charge against the value on the first mentioned security label.
Claims7
A method for the issuance of gift cards comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a gift card imprinted with indicia identifying the issuer;
- b) manually imprinting on a first surface of a security label a security label number, the name of the recipient of the gift card, and the value of the gift;
- c) adhering the other surface of said security label on said gift card;
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- d) manually imprinting on a gift register the date of issuance, the security label number and the value of the gift.
A method for the issuance of gift cards comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a gift card imprinted with indicia identifying the issuer;
- b) manually imprinting on a first surface of a security label a security label number, the name of the recipient of the gift card, and the value of the gift;
- c) adhering the other surface of said security label on said gift card;
- d) manually imprinting on a gift register the date of issuance, a security label number and the value of the gift;
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- e) after a recipient of the gift card has a transaction with a value less than the value imprinted upon the first mentioned security label, a second security label is imprinted with the remaining value of the gift;
- and the second label is permanently adhered over the first mentioned security label.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.