Patent ID: 8226013

Claim:
A method, comprising: providing a card rectangular shaped with rounded corners and sized to fit within a card personalization machine, the card including a surface defining a recess in the surface of the card; inserting all of a base of a sub-card into the recess in the surface of the card, the sub-card having a length dimension and a width dimension smaller than the card, not electrically coupled to the card, and to electronically function without the card; providing adhesive between a bottom surface of the recess and a base of the sub-card to releasably retain the sub-card within the recess in the surface of the card; pre-personalizing the sub-card while the sub-card is within the recess in the surface of the card by at least one of wirelessly transmitting information to the sub-card and printing information on the sub-card; and personalizing the sub-card, using the card personalization machine, while the sub-card is within the recess in the surface of the card.