Patent ID: 9087305
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: A45C,G06K,G06Q,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A device comprising: a package including a magnetic stripe readable at a point-of-sale (POS) terminal; custom data stored on the magnetic stripe, the custom data associated with a product related to the package, the custom data including an activation code to activate the product automatically through purchase of the package at the POS terminal, the activation code being a multi-character identifier having less characters than a product identification that identifies an account associated with the product; the magnetic stripe includes a data structure that is readable by a standardized magnetic stripe data reader, and the data structure is not completely in compliance with a standard associated with the standardized magnetic stripe data reader; and the magnetic stripe is divided into multiple data storage areas that are allocated for data not defined in the standard and the magnetic stripe has at least a same data length as defined in the standard to allow the standardized magnetic stripe data reader to read the magnetic stripe.