Point-of-sale activation and subsequent registration of products
CA 2472304 A1 · Owner: Riverborne Communications, Llc. · Inventors: Hodes, Mark B.; Fiala, Barry J.
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Methods and packaging for point-of-sale ("POS") activation and subsequent registration of products. Prior to POS activation the product is unactivated , and cannot be used. Machine-readable activation at POS is disclosed such as a data-encoded activation strip, readable by a magnetic (22) or optical scanner or such as integrated circuit card ("ICC") technology (28). Prior to POS activation, and preferably obscured from view the package has a personalized , identification number ("PIN") such as alphanumeric characters with a scratchoff coating or peel-off label, or the PIN (32) may be only readable by a magnetic or optical scanner, or may be encoded onto computer media or may be , data …
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