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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2004
William J. Faenza, Jr., New York, NY (US);
Ellen Lasch, New York, NY (US);
Peter D. Saunders, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Lisa Webb, Darien, CT (US);
William J. Faenza, Jr., New York, NY (US);
Ellen Lasch, New York, NY (US);
Peter D. Saunders, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Lisa Webb, Darien, CT (US);
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for providing an irregularly shaped Radio Frequency operable transaction device using conventional International Standards Organization dimensions for conventional transaction cards and traditional transaction card manufacturing machinery. The invention provides for normal manufacture of a plurality of transaction transporters joined together in a single sheet. The outline of a RFID transaction device is impressed in a center portion of one of the transporters. A RFID transaction device including a RFID module may then be removed, or punched out of the transporter in accordance with the transaction device outline. Alternatively, the RFID module may include an outline pressed into the transporter permitting removal of the module from the transporter independent of the removal of the transaction device. The RFID module may then be removed and used to complete a RFID transaction. The invention further includes a carrying case for securing the RFID module from loss or theft.