Automated card customization machine

摘要

A memory card includes a non-volatile memory, a connector configured to enable the memory card to be operatively coupled to a host computer, and a housing enclosing the non-volatile memory. The housing has a customized physical contour that is determined according to a user-selected value.

主权项

1. A memory card comprising:
a non-volatile memory; a connector configured to enable the memory card to be operatively coupled to a host computer; and a housing enclosing the non-volatile memory, the housing having a customized card shape that is determined according to a first user-selected shape parameter, wherein the housing is configured to be shaped by a contour shaper of a card vending machine to form the customized card shape, wherein the housing includes account information associated with the user and printed onto a surface of the housing, wherein the housing includes a user-selected customized graphical decoration that is determined according to a user-selected graphic value, the memory card dispensed from storage in a first storage compartment of the card vending machine, the first storage compartment accessible to a first issuer and excluded from access to a second issuer and distinct from a second storage compartment that is excluded from access to the first issuer and that is accessible to the second issuer, wherein the memory card is distinct from a second memory card from the second storage compartment that is shaped by the contour shaper and that includes second data stored in response to a second user-selected shape parameter.