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Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011

Filed:

Jan. 02, 2007
Applicants:

Eyal Bychkov, Hod Hasharon, IL;

Yohan Cohen, Hod Hasharon, IL;

Itzhak Pomerantz, Kefar Saba, IL;

Avraham Meir, Rishon Lezion, IL;

Inventors:

Eyal Bychkov, Hod Hasharon, IL;

Yohan Cohen, Hod Hasharon, IL;

Itzhak Pomerantz, Kefar Saba, IL;

Avraham Meir, Rishon Lezion, IL;

Assignee:

Sandisk IL Ltd., Kfar Saba, IL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A card vending machine includes a storage area, wherein each of a plurality of memory cards to be issued by a respective one of at least two different issuers are stored. A security mechanism conditions access of each issuer to only a respective portion of the storage area upon authorization of this issuer. An interface mechanism is operated by a user to define a purchasing transaction and a controller is operative, in accordance with the interface mechanism, to customize a memory card at least in part according to the purchasing transaction.


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