Transaction card package assembly having enhanced security
AssigneeBlackhawk Network, Inc.
InventorsDonald Kingsborough, Talbott Roche, Amie Petersen, Teri Llach
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Abstract
A transaction card package assembly comprising a transaction card held by a card holder and having a security code spanning the transaction card and the card holder such that upon removal of the transaction card from the card holder, the security code is broken and a portion of the security code remains on the transaction card and a portion of the security code remains on the card holder.
Claims42
A transaction card package assembly comprising a transaction card held by a card holder and having a security code spanning the transaction card and the card holder such that upon removal of the transaction card from the card holder, the security code is broken and a portion of the security code remains on the transaction card and a portion of the security code remains on the card holder, wherein the broken security code disables activation of the card and provides a visual or tactile indication of potentially fraudulent activity, wherein the security code is an EAN/UCC-128 bar code, and wherein the EAN/UCC-128 bar code is broken along a longitudinal axis of the bar code.
A transaction card package assembly comprising a transaction card held by a card holder and having a security code spanning the transaction card and the card holder such that upon removal of the transaction card from the card holder, the security code is broken and a portion of the security code remains on the transaction card and a portion of the security code remains on the card holder;
- wherein the package assembly further comprises at least three unique identifiers thereon such that the transaction card may be activated at a point of sale by either a one-step or two-step activation process;
- and wherein the three unique identifiers comprise a vendor product identification code contained an EAN/UCC-12 bar code, an issuer account code contained in a magnetic stripe and/or an issuer bar code, and a combination vendor product identification and issuer account code contained in an EAN/UCC-128 bar code.
A transaction card package assembly system comprising:
- a first package assembly comprising a first transaction card held by a first card holder and having a first security code spanning the first transaction card and the first card holder such that upon removal of the first transaction card from the first card holder, the first security code is broken and a portion of the first security code is present on the first transaction card and a portion of the first security code is present on the first card holder;
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- a second package assembly comprising a second transaction card held by a second card holder and having a second security code spanning the second transaction card and the second card holder such that upon removal of the second transaction card from the second card holder, the second security code is broken and a portion of the second security code is present on the second transaction card and a portion of the second security code is present on the second card holder,
- wherein upon placement of the first transaction card in the second card holder, or vice-versa, the security codes do not match, thereby providing an indication of possible tampering or fraudulent activity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.