Patent ID: 8725589
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G07F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for personalizing a transaction card, comprising; receiving, by at least one computer processor, a request for the transaction card, wherein the request is from a prospective cardholder; receiving a signature of the prospective cardholder; processing, by the at least one computer processor, the signature; engraving the signature into the transaction card, wherein the transaction card comprises metal core having a first side and a second side, the transaction card further having a plurality of layers surrounding the metal core, the plurality of layers comprising a first overlay layer on the first side and the second side, a printed core layer on top of the first overlay layer on the first side and the second side, and a second overlay layer on top of the printed core layer on the first side and the second side, and the engraving is performed into the printed core layer on either the first or second side and at least a portion of the printed core layer comprises calendered rigid vinyl; providing the transaction card to the prospective cardholder wherein the prospective cardholder becomes a cardholder; and activating the transaction card at the request of the cardholder.