TARJETA DE PREPAGO

• Main Authors: NASSOIY, STEPHEN, R, RAMSBURG, DOUGLAS, RICE, GINGER, A, DALGAUER, DON, WANTZ, JOHN, L, STICH, REBECCA
• Format: Patent
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 16.12.2001
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; BOOK COVERS; BOOKBINDING; CALCULATING; CHECKING-DEVICES; COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS; COMPUTING; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; COUNTING; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; FILES; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; INFORMATION STORAGE; INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER; LOOSE LEAVES; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITYFEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER; STORING; TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION; TRANSPORTING

Un conjunto de tarjeta de débito embalada (10, 110, 210, 310, 410, 510) en asociación con una cabeza lectora de un lector ranurado de tarjetas magnéticas que comprende: una tarjeta de débito (11) que tiene una conformación rectangular con unos bordes extremos primero y segundo (12, 13) y unos bordes laterales primero y segundo (14, 15), una cara anterior (16) y una posterior (17), y un área; una banda magnética (19) dispuesta en dicha cara posterior de dicha tarjeta de débito de forma adyacente y sustancialmente paralela a dicho segundo borde lateral, en que dicha banda está inactiva pero preparada para ser activada en el punto de venta pasando el conjunto de tarjeta a través de dicho lector; una envoltura de soporte (21) para soportar dicha tarjeta de débito al tiempo que se deja expuesta dicha banda magnética, en que dicha envoltura comprende unos paneles primero (22) y segundo (23), en que dichos paneles tienen cada uno un área al menos un 201 mayor que dicha área de tarjeta, en que la mayor parte de dicha tarjeta de débito está emparedada entre dichos paneles primero y segundo pero dicha banda magnética está sin cubrir por ninguno de dichos paneles ni por ningún otro embalaje, de forma que puede obtenerse acceso a dicha banda magnética en la tarjeta con el fin de efectuar la activación; y dicha tarjeta de débito está fijada de forma retirable (por ejemplo por 30) a por lo menos uno de dichos paneles. Debit cards, such as long distance telephone cards, may be attractively packaged and even readily mounted for point of purchase display, in such a manner that the card is inactive until activated at the point of purchase. The card may be activated at the point of purchase without the necessity of in any way opening up the attractive packaging, or moving any portion of the packaging out of the way, and by merely "swiping" the card while still mounted in the package through a conventional card reader. The card is mounted between first and second panels of primarily cellulose material including an area significantly greater than that of the card, with the card magnetic strip completely exposed (that is uncovered by the panels or any other packaging material). The majority of the card is typically sandwiched between the first and second panels and is removably held to the panels, for example by hold melt adhesive, and the panels are affixed to each other.