Claims
- 1. A method for providing a personalized credit card and publicly displaying information decoded therein, comprising:
providing a user with an application for a credit card, said application including a slogan input field; enabling a user to enter a user-slogan in said slogan input field; accepting said application and producing a credit card comprising substantially solid plastic body having a front and back faces; providing a magnetic strip onto the back of said credit card; storing said user-slogan in said magnetic strip; providing a user with a card reader having a display visible to third parties; programming said card reader so that when said card reader reads said magnetic strip, said reader displays the user-slogan onto said display.
- 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a security code onto said magnetic strip.
- 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising imprinting said user-slogan onto the front face of said credit card.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing a user with an application for a credit card comprises providing installing an application on a web site and allowing said user to access the application via the internet.
- 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of enabling a user to enter a user-slogan in said slogan input field comprises programming said web site to prompt said user to type in a user-slogan.
- 6. The method of claim 5, further comprising enabling the user to provide a path to an image residing on the user's computer, and retrieving said image from the user's computer.
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This Application is a continuation of patent application Ser. No. 09/207,005, filed Dec. 7, 1998, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 09/189,121, filed Nov. 9, 1998.
Continuations (2)
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