US 8,301,300 B2Granted

System and method for smart card personalization

AssigneeCard Technology Corporation

InventorsDavid R. Tushie, William W. Haeuser

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Abstract

A smart card personalization system maintains a database containing card issuer data format templates, card applications, card operating system commands, and personalization equipment specifications and provides a centralized interface of inputs and outputs to a card issuing process which dynamically adjusts to changes in the issuing process to easily permit a card issuer to change data formats, card applications, card operating systems and/or personalization equipment in a card issuing process. The system interfaces to any card issuer management system, manages the transfer of cardholder data and card applications to the particular personalization equipment used, and maintains statistics for real-time and off-line inquiries to support critical management and reporting functions. Furthermore, the system works with a variety of security methodologies to prevent fraud.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method in a personalization system of processing data for portable programmed data carriers, the method comprising:

acquiring personalization data for a cardholder in a first batch of portable programmed data carriers;
acquiring personalization equipment characteristics for a particular type of personalization equipment to issue the portable programmed data carriers for the first batch;
creating instructions for an internal script from the personalization data;
and
translating the internal script into programming control commands for the particular type of personalization equipment in accordance with the personalization equipment characteristics,
if the first batch includes additional cardholders, then for each one of the additional cardholders in the first batch, repeating the actions of acquiring personalization data, creating instructions for the internal script, and translating the internal script;
and
determining if further data is to be processed for a subsequent batch of portable programmed data carriers, and if further data is to be processed for the subsequent batch, then acquiring personalization equipment characteristics for one of a plurality of types of personalization equipment to issue the subsequent batch;
wherein the subsequent batch is different than the first batch.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/416,252Filed 12 Oct 1999 · continuation
Priority: 15 Apr 1996
Published: US 2003/0050899 A113 Mar 2003
Granted: 30 Oct 2012
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G07F 7/1008
Together with a coded signal , e.g. in the form of personal identification information, like personal identification number [PIN] or biometric…
G06Q 20/105
Specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems: involving programming of a portable…
G06Q 20/341
Using cards, e.g. integrated circuit [IC] cards or magnetic cards: active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including…
G06Q 20/355
Using cards, e.g. integrated circuit [IC] cards or magnetic cards: personalisation of cards for use

Family

Application60/015,743Us provisional application · filed 15 Apr 1996
Application08/755,459Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Nov 1996
Application09/139,163Parent of this continuation · filed 24 Aug 1998
US 2003/0050899 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 Mar 2003
US 6,014,748 AParent of this continuation
US 5,889,941 AParent of this continuation
US 7,184,856 B2Related patent
US 8,301,300 B2This patent

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