Granted Patent B2

US 9,424,605 · App. 13/299,406 · Granted Aug 23, 2016

Abstract

Claims (40)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a kiosk, a request associated with a card holder, the card holder requesting a transactional card;

obtaining, by the kiosk, the transactional card having an unencoded machine-readable element;

receiving, by the kiosk, an account number previously associated with the card holder requesting the transactional card;

encoding, by the kiosk, the machine-readable element with the account number previously associated with the card holder;

receiving, by the kiosk, a selection of an image for the transactional card; and

printing, by the kiosk, the image onto the transactional card.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising printing the image on a front side of the transactional card.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising printing the image on a back side of the transactional card.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising adding a coating to the transactional card.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising associating the account number to the an electronic chip embedded in the transactional card.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising associating the image to the account number.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising printing medical information on the transactional card.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising encoding a magnetic strip.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a kiosk, a request associated with a card holder requesting a transactional card having an unencoded machine-readable element;

receiving, by the kiosk, an account number previously assigned to the card holder requesting the transactional card;

encoding, by the kiosk, the machine-readable element with the account number previously assigned to the card holder;

receiving, by the kiosk, a selection of an image from the card holder for the transactional card;

receiving, by the kiosk, another selection of a logo for the transactional card;

associating, by the kiosk, the image and the logo as a design of the transactional card; and

printing, by the kiosk, the design onto the transactional card.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein encoding the machine-readable element comprises encoding a magnetic strip.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein encoding the machine-readable element comprises printing a bar code.

12. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising associating a tag on the transactional card to the account number.

13. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising retrieving a customized design feature from a memory operatively coupled to the kiosk.

14. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising retrieving text to be printed on the transactional card.

15. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising uploading the image.

16. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising printing a customized design feature on the transactional card.

17. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising associating medical information to the card holder.

18. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising printing a customized design feature on a front side of the transactional card.

19. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising printing a customized design feature on a back side of the transactional card.

20. An apparatus, comprising:

a computer executing an application that causes a kiosk to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving an electronic request entered by a card holder requesting a transactional card;

obtaining the transactional card having an unencoded machine-readable element thereon;

retrieving an account number previously associated with the card holder requesting the transactional card;

encoding the machine-readable element with the account number previously associated with the card holder;

receiving a selection of an image selected by the card holder for the transactional card; and

printing the image onto the transactional card having the account number encoded onto the machine-readable element.

Assignments (8)