Title:
【発明の名称】カードのためのパッケージおよびその使用方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002515994
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
The present invention comprises a method of activating a metered account that is associated with a personal identification number, where the personal identification number is affixed to a card and the metered account is activated at the time of sale of the card, and an apparatus comprising a package adapted for holding the card so that the method of the present invention can be practiced. The card includes an exposed data-encoded strip and the card preferably has a personal identification number thereon. The package includes a first panel and a retainer that secures the card to the first panel so that, when the card is secured to the panel, at least a portion of the data-encoded strip is exposed and laterally displaced remote from the panel. The data-encoded strip is encoded with a control number that is associated with the metered account. When the card is purchased, the control number is read from the data-encoded strip while the card is secured to the first panel, and the metered account is activated.
Inventors:
Fiara, Barry Jay.
Selby, Ronald Blythe
Selby, Ronald Blythe
Application Number:
JP53802697A
Publication Date:
May 28, 2002
Filing Date:
December 06, 1996
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Barry Fiara, Incorporated
International Classes:
B42D15/00; G06K19/00; B42D15/10; H04M17/02; (IPC1-7): G06K19/00; B42D15/10
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Nobuyuki Matsubara (1 outside)