Patent ID: 8925823
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: B42D,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a data card assembly, comprising: providing a data card with a special number associated with a data card account and used to link card packaging that is not yet associated with any specific data card to the data card and the data card account; packaging the data card in a package, the data card being packaged such that information identifying the data card account is not visible; generating activation information that is different from and separate from the special number; reading or otherwise obtaining the special number from the data card; printing or storing the activation information on the package; and after the data card has been packaged within the package, associating the special number with the activation information on the package, thereby using the special number to link the activation information on the package with the data card and the data card account, such that an activation transaction using the activation information renders the data card and the data card account available for use.