Patent ID: 8892678

Claim:
A method within a framework of a production of a plurality of data carriers, the method comprising the steps: writing operating data to at least one portable data carrier within the framework of the production of the plurality of portable data carriers with a writing system, the writing system comprising a central station and a plurality of independently separate distribution stations, each of said distribution stations connected with the central station, wherein the at least one portable data carrier is connected using a physical connection to one distribution station of the plurality of distribution stations, wherein writing operating data includes sending the operating data by the central station to the data carrier via one of the distribution stations; generating for the data carrier an individual addressing via which the data carrier is uniquely addressable writing-system-wide upon the writing of the operating data, wherein the individual address is consistently used for forwarding the operating data from the central station to the one of the distribution stations and from the one of the distribution stations to the data carrier; and issuing the portable data carrier after operating data has been written to the portable data carrier.