Patent ID: 7614548

Claim:
A method of activating a plurality of stored-value cards, the method comprising: providing a stored-value card assembly including a plurality of stored-value cards including a first stored-value card and a last stored-value card, each of the plurality of stored-value cards including an account identifier linking the respective stored-value card to a financial account or record, and wherein the account identifiers are a sequential range of account identifiers, and the plurality of stored-value cards are maintained in a housing; entering the account identifier of the first stored-value card including scanning the account identifier of the first stored-value card through the housing; entering the account identifier of the last stored-value card including scanning the account identifier of the last stored-value card through an aperture in the housing; and activating the plurality of stored-value cards based on the account identifier of the first stored-value card and the account identifier of the last stored-value card.