| US 7,482,908 B2 | ||
| Radio-frequency-device personalization | ||
| Brian Kean, Missouri Valley, Iowa (US); Jennifer Larsen, Omaha, Nebr. (US); David William Cully, Omaha, Nebr. (US); and James L. Collette, Omaha, Nebr. (US) | ||
| Assigned to First Data Coporation, Greenwood Village, Colo. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 04, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/911,979. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0028319 A1, Feb. 09, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04Q 5/22 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 340—10.51 [340/10.1; 340/572.1] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A method of personalizing a radio-frequency device that comprises a radio-frequency chip internal to the radio-frequency
device, the method comprising:
downloading a record for the radio-frequency device from a records database;
inserting the radio-frequency device into a package;
electromagnetically reading an identifier from the radio-frequency chip with a radio-frequency transceiver while the radio-frequency
device is within the package;
determining personalization information from the record, wherein the personalization information comprises financial-account
information defining a financial account used to support financial transactions and corresponding to information recorded
on a magnetic stripe of a magnetic-stripe device;
electromagnetically writing the personalization information onto the radio-frequency chip while the radio-frequency device
is within the package; and
recording an association between the personalization information and the identifier on a storage device.
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