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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2021
Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Alan Mushing, Northwich, GB;
Fernando Lourenco, Wirral, GB;
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
There is provided a transaction device comprising a chip enclosure comprising a readable reference code; a chip embedded in the chip enclosure, the chip having the reference code stored therein; wherein the chip is configured to generate a cryptographically signed version of the reference code stored in the chip upon receipt of a request message, such that the reference code can be retrieved from the cryptographically signed version of the reference code for comparison with the readable reference code. There is also provided a method of a manufacturing a transaction device, wherein the method comprises storing a reference code in a chip; positioning the chip on a chip enclosure; embedding the chip in the chip enclosure; and applying the reference code to the chip enclosure in a readable format.