Tradeable packet for holding a portable data storage medium, and suitable portable data storage medium

1. A method for producing a marketable package comprising the steps:

producing a portable data carrier having a viewing side and an underside, said portable data carrier containing a secret code, wherein identification information which uniquely identifies the portable data carrier is applied on at least the underside of the portable data carrier,

supplying a lower form of an outer packaging having at least one hollow arranged to receive the portable data carrier,

incorporating said portable data carrier into said at least one hollow and an extra item having information relating to the portable data carrier into the lower form of the outer packaging,

joining an upper form of the outer packaging with the lower form of the outer packaging to close said portable data carrier and extra item in said outer packaging, wherein the upper form of the outer packaging is at least partly transparent so that the viewing side of the portable data carrier is recognizable,

reading the identification information on the underside of the portable data carrier through the lower form of the outer packaging, and

individualizing the outer packaging to the portable data carrier by applying the read identification information on an outer side of the outer packaging.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the identification information is applied to the underside of said portable data carrier in the form of a machine-readable code.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the identification information is applied to the underside of said portable data carrier as a two-dimensional bar code.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the two-dimensional bar code is applied to the underside of said portable data carrier so as to be invisible or at least poorly recognizable to the human eye.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, upon the identification information on the underside of the portable data carrier being read out, the secret code is determined on the basis of the read-out information, and said code transferred to a sheet which is enclosed in the package.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step forming a hollow for receiving the portable data carrier in the lower form, and manufacturing the lower form from transparent material at the place of the hollow.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the identification information is read out after the lower form and upper form are joined together.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the identification information is read out and applied to a label after the upper form and the lower form are joined together.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the label is applied to the upper form of the outer packaging.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the identification information is read out and applied directly to the outer side of the outer packaging after the upper form and lower form are joined together.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the secret code is supplied for incorporation into the extra item on the basis of the read-out identification information.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the upper form has a different profile than said lower form of the outer packaging.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the secret code is a secret software code stored on a chip of the portable data carrier.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the identification information includes control information by which the secret software code is identifiable on a chip of the portable data carrier.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the extra item contains instructions for use of the secret code.

16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the secret code is rendered on a sheet that is inserted into the extra item.

17. A marketable package comprising:

a portable data carrier having a viewing side and an underside, wherein the portable data carrier comprises a secret code and identification information, and wherein the identification information is applied to at least the underside of the portable data carrier;

an extra item having information relating to the portable data carrier; and

an outer packaging having a lower form and an upper form, wherein said lower form has at least one hollow having a recess configured to hold said portable data carrier, and said upper form has a different profile than said lower form,

wherein the upper form of the outer packaging is at least partly transparent so that the viewing side of the portable data carrier is recognizable, and

wherein the lower form of the outer packaging is transparent for receiving the portable data carrier, and

wherein an applied information is applied to an outer side of the outer packaging, wherein the applied information corresponds to the identification information of the portable data carrier that is read through the hollow so that the outer packaging is individualized to the portable data carrier.

18. A portable data carrier for use in a package according to claim 17 , having a viewing side with a contact pad formed thereon for connection to an external device, wherein a machine-readable code in the form of a two-dimensional bar code containing identification information is applied to the underside.

19. The portable data carrier according to claim 18 , wherein the two-dimensional bar code is invisible or at least poorly recognizable to the human eye.