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US 7,117,512 B1Granted
Scan activated optical storage article and methods thereof
AssigneeTravel Tags, Inc.
InventorBill Cahill
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Abstract
An article including: an optical storage medium; and a machine readable mark on at least one side of the optical storage medium, wherein the machine readable mark is adapted to permit activation of a metered account. In embodiments the article can include a detachable member attached to the storage medium, where the detachable member bears a machine readable mark on at least one side and the detachable member can be detached from the optical storage medium after activation of the metered account. The invention also includes printing methods for making the article.
Claims19
An article of manufacture comprising:
- an optical storage medium;
- a detachable member separable from the optical storage medium wherein the detachable member and the optical storage medium are separable at a thinned, weakened or serrated boundary;
- and
- a machine readable mark on the detachable member, wherein the machine readable mark is adapted to permit activation of a metered account for use of the optical storage medium, wherein the machine readable mark comprises a bar code whereby decoding the bar code permits activation of the metered account, a magnetic strip whereby decoding the magnetic strip permits activation of the metered account, or a glyph code whereby decoding the glyph code permits activation of the metered account.
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An article of manufacture comprising:
- an optical storage medium;
- and
- a detachable member attached to the optical storage medium, wherein the detachable member and the optical storage medium are separable at a thinned, weakened or serrated boundary, wherein the detachable member bears a machine readable mark on at least one side, wherein the machine readable mark is adapted to permit activation of a metered account for use of the optical storage medium, wherein the detachable member is detached from the optical storage medium after activation of the metered account, and wherein the machine readable mark comprises a bar code whereby decoding the bar code permits activation of the metered account, a magnetic strip whereby decoding the magnetic strip permits activation of the metered account, or a glyph code whereby decoding the glyph code permits activation of the metered account.
A method comprising:
- receiving an article comprising an optical storage medium;
- a detachable member separable from the optical storage medium, wherein the detachable member and the optical storage medium are separable at a thinned, weakened or serrated boundary;
- and a machine readable mark on the detachable member, wherein the machine readable mark is adapted to permit activation of a metered account for use of the optical storage medium, wherein the machine readable mark comprises a bar code whereby decoding the bar code permits activation of the metered account, a magnetic strip whereby decoding the magnetic strip permits activation of the metered account, or a glyph code whereby decoding the glyph code permits activation of the metered account;
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- scanning or machine reading the machine readable mark or marks on the article to activate the metered account and which metered account corresponds to an particular identification number, and separating the detachable member from the optical storage medium.
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A method comprising:
- providing an optical storage medium and a detachable member attached to the storage medium, wherein the detachable member and the optical storage medium are separable at a thinned, weakened or serrated boundary;
- applying a machine readable mark to the detachable member;
- and
- encoding the resulting machine readable mark with either or both metered account information and identification number information, wherein the machine readable mark is adapted to permit activation of a metered account for use of the optical storage medium, and wherein the machine readable mark comprises a bar code whereby decoding the bar code permits activation of the metered account, a magnetic strip whereby decoding the magnetic strip permits activation of the metered account, or a glyph code whereby decoding the glyph code permits activation of the metered account.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.