公开(公告)号：US07290713B2

公开(公告)日：2007-11-06

申请号：US11038011

申请日：2005-01-18

申请人： Gaye B. Dean ,  Ted C. Halbur ,  Dave B. Smith ,  Timothy P. Clegg

发明人： Gaye B. Dean ,  Ted C. Halbur ,  Dave B. Smith ,  Timothy P. Clegg

IPC分类号： G06K7/00

CPC分类号： G06K19/07701 ,  G06K19/041 ,  G06K19/07 ,  G06Q30/06

摘要： A stored-value card includes an electrical assembly, a housing, and decorative indicia. The electrical assembly stores an audio file and includes at least one light and a speaker. The housing generally encloses the electrical assembly and includes an account identifier and an activation area. The account identifier signifies a financial account or record linked to the stored-value card. Decorative indicia correspond with the audio file and the at least one light. The activation area and the electrical assembly are adapted such that depressing the activation area activates the electrical assembly to play the audio file via the speaker and to illuminate the at least one light to provide an audio and visual presentation. Stored-value card assemblies, methods of promoting sales of stored-value cards, methods, of using a stored-value card and other embodiments are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 储值卡包括电气组件，壳体和装饰标记。 电气组件存储音频文件并且包括至少一个光和扬声器。 壳体通常包围电气组件并且包括帐户标识符和激活区域。 帐户标识符表示链接到储值卡的金融帐户或记录。 装饰标记对应于音频文件和至少一个灯。 激活区域和电气组件被适配成使得按下激活区域激活电组件以经由扬声器播放音频文件并且照亮至少一个光以提供音频和视觉呈现。 还公开了储值卡组件，促进储值卡销售的方法，使用储值卡的方法和其他实施例。

公开(公告)号：US08434687B2

公开(公告)日：2013-05-07

申请号：US13437668

申请日：2012-04-02

申请人： Ted C. Halbur ,  Dave B. Smith ,  Timothy P. Clegg

发明人： Ted C. Halbur ,  Dave B. Smith ,  Timothy P. Clegg

IPC分类号： G06K7/00

CPC分类号： G09F23/06 ,  G06Q30/0239 ,  G06Q30/0241 ,  G09F23/04 ,  G09F2013/222

摘要： A stored-value card includes a housing, a light circuit and an account identifier. The housing includes a cover and a base. The cover and the base each define a respective primary panel and a plurality of side walls extending from the respective primary panel. The plurality of side walls defined by the base abut the plurality of side walls defined by the cover. The light circuit includes a light and a switch. The light circuit is substantially enclosed between the base and the cover, and the light is configured to emit illumination upon user interaction with the switch. The account identifier links the stored-value card to an account or record such that value from the account or record can be used as payment toward a purchase of one or more of goods and services. Stored-value card assemblies and methods of using a stored-value card are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 储值卡包括外壳，灯电路和帐户标识符。 壳体包括盖和底座。 盖和基座各限定相应的主面板和从相应的主面板延伸的多个侧壁。 由基座限定的多个侧壁邻接由盖限定的多个侧壁。 光电路包括光和开关。 灯电路基本上封闭在基座和盖子之间，并且光被配置成在用户与开关相互作用时发光。 帐户标识符将存值卡链接到帐户或记录，使得可以将来自账户或记录的价值用作购买一种或多种商品和服务的付款。 还公开了储值卡组件和使用储值卡的方法。

公开(公告)号：US20090308931A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-17

申请号：US12138684

申请日：2008-06-13

申请人： Ted C. Halbur ,  Shawn P. Boyd ,  John Dudley ,  Kelly Ryan ,  Denise Wilson ,  Rosalin Siv ,  Raphael Lin ,  Timothy P. Clegg

发明人： Ted C. Halbur ,  Shawn P. Boyd ,  John Dudley ,  Kelly Ryan ,  Denise Wilson ,  Rosalin Siv ,  Raphael Lin ,  Timothy P. Clegg

IPC分类号： G06K19/00

CPC分类号： G07F7/025 ,  G06Q20/349 ,  G06Q20/354 ,  G07F7/0813

摘要： A transaction product for use as a cake topper includes a body portion, an auxiliary portion and a machine readable account identifier. The body portion defines a support member and a flange extending from the support member. The flange is configured for placement into a frosting layer on a cake. The body portion defines a first part of a character. The auxiliary portion is formed separately from the body portion and defines a second part of the character. The auxiliary portion defines a lip configured for placement into the frosting layer on the cake. The account identifier is coupled to at least one of the body portion and the auxiliary portion and links the transaction product to an account or record for tracking a value associated with the transaction product. Other cards, products, assemblies and methods of encouraging use of such cards, products and assemblies are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 用作蛋糕打包机的交易产品包括主体部分，辅助部分和机器可读帐户标识符。 主体部分限定支撑构件和从支撑构件延伸的凸缘。 法兰被配置为放置在蛋糕上的结霜层中。 身体部分定义角色的第一部分。 辅助部分与主体部分分开地形成并且限定角色的第二部分。 辅助部分限定了配置成放置在蛋糕上的结霜层中的唇缘。 帐户标识符耦合到主体部分和辅助部分中的至少一个，并将交易产品链接到用于跟踪与交易产品相关联的值的帐户或记录。 还公开了鼓励使用这种卡，产品和组件的其它卡，产品，组件和方法。

公开(公告)号：US08701987B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-22

申请号：US13171556

申请日：2011-06-29

申请人： Chad Albers ,  Robert Jerome Weaver ,  Melissa M. Andrykowski ,  Marta Harding ,  Jessica D. Albrecht ,  Timothy P. Clegg ,  Primoz Samardzija

发明人： Chad Albers ,  Robert Jerome Weaver ,  Melissa M. Andrykowski ,  Marta Harding ,  Jessica D. Albrecht ,  Timothy P. Clegg ,  Primoz Samardzija

IPC分类号： G06K5/00 ,  G07F7/10 ,  G07F7/08 ,  A63B59/00 ,  A63B59/04 ,  G06Q99/00

CPC分类号： G07F7/1008 ,  A63B59/40 ,  A63B59/48 ,  A63B60/54 ,  A63B67/20 ,  A63B2102/08 ,  A63B2102/16 ,  A63B2225/54 ,  G06Q99/00 ,  G07F7/02 ,  G07F7/08 ,  G07F17/26

摘要： A transaction product includes a paddle, a string, a ball, and an account identifier. The paddle defines an enlarged portion and an elongated handle extending from the enlarged portion. The paddle is formed as a single piece of material. The string defines a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first end of the string is coupled to the paddle. The ball is coupled to the second end of the string and is configured to bounce on the paddle. The account identifier is statically connected to the paddle and links the paddle to at least one of an account and a record and is machine readable by a point-of-sale terminal.

摘要翻译： 交易产品包括桨，字符串，球和帐户标识符。 桨形件限定了从扩大部分延伸的扩大部分和细长手柄。 桨形成为单块材料。 弦线限定了与第一端相对的第一端和第二端。 弦的第一端耦合到桨。 球联接到弦的第二端并被配置为在桨上弹起。 帐户标识符被静态地连接到桨，并且将桨连接到帐户和记录中的至少一个，并且由销售点终端机器可读。

公开(公告)号：US08647203B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-11

申请号：US13290043

申请日：2011-11-04

申请人： Jessica A. Albrecht ,  Madelaine Ann Hague ,  Aaron Muther ,  Allan Peters ,  Robert Jerome Weaver ,  Timothy P. Clegg ,  Primoz Samardzija

发明人： Jessica A. Albrecht ,  Madelaine Ann Hague ,  Aaron Muther ,  Allan Peters ,  Robert Jerome Weaver ,  Timothy P. Clegg ,  Primoz Samardzija

IPC分类号： A63F9/24 ,  A63F13/00

CPC分类号： A63F9/24 ,  A63F9/001 ,  A63F2009/0049 ,  A63F2009/2402 ,  A63F2009/242 ,  A63F2009/2452 ,  A63F2009/2489 ,  G06Q20/28 ,  G06Q20/34 ,  G06Q30/0207 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q40/02

摘要： A transaction product includes an electrical assembly, a housing, a button, and an account identifier. The electrical assembly includes a light. The housing substantially encloses the electrical assembly including the light, wherein the housing defines an exterior surface and an aperture extending through the exterior surface. The button has a rounded extremity and extends from within the housing to outside the housing through the aperture and beyond the exterior surface. The button aligns with and surrounds the light such that when the light is lit the button is illuminated. The account identifier is coupled to the housing and links the transaction product to a financial account having an associated monetary value available toward a price of a purchase, wherein the account identifier is machine readable.

摘要翻译： 交易产品包括电气组件，外壳，按钮和帐户标识符。 电气组件包括一个灯。 壳体基本上包围包括光的电组件，其中壳体限定外表面和延伸穿过外表面的孔。 按钮具有圆形的末端，并且通过孔并且超出外表面从壳体内延伸到壳体的外部。 按钮与灯对准并围绕灯，使得当灯亮时，按钮被点亮。 帐户标识符耦合到房屋，并将交易产品链接到具有可用于购买价格的相关货币价值的金融账户，其中帐户标识符是机器可读的。

公开(公告)号：US08544757B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-01

申请号：US13368989

申请日：2012-02-08

申请人： Kirstin Stahl ,  Brenda Irlbeck ,  Sage C. Rider ,  Jessica D. Albrecht ,  Primoz Samardzija ,  Timothy P. Clegg

发明人： Kirstin Stahl ,  Brenda Irlbeck ,  Sage C. Rider ,  Jessica D. Albrecht ,  Primoz Samardzija ,  Timothy P. Clegg

IPC分类号： G06K19/06 ,  G06K5/00 ,  G06K19/00 ,  G06K19/02 ,  B42D1/06 ,  B42D3/10 ,  B42D15/10 ,  G06K21/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/00 ,  B42D1/006 ,  B42D1/009 ,  B42D1/06 ,  B42D3/12 ,  B42D25/285 ,  B42D2035/16 ,  B42P2221/02 ,  B42P2241/04

摘要： A transaction product includes a cover, a sheet support member, a plurality of separate sheet members, and an account identifier. Each of the plurality of separate sheet members transition between folded and unfolded configurations. Each of the plurality of separate sheet members is coupled to the cover via the sheet support member. In the folded configuration, each separate sheet member is maintained within a footprint of the cover. In the unfolded configuration, each separate sheet member extends beyond the footprint of the cover. When one separate sheet member is in the unfolded configuration others of the plurality of separate sheet members are in the folded configuration and substantially hidden from view via the sheet support member. The account identifier is statically connected to one of the cover, the sheet support member, and the plurality of separate sheet members and links the transaction product to a financial account.

摘要翻译： 交易产品包括盖子，纸张支撑部件，多个单独的纸张成员和帐户标识符。 多个单独的片状构件中的每一个在折叠和展开构型之间转变。 多个单独的片状构件中的每一个通过片材支撑构件联接到盖子。 在折叠构造中，每个单独的片状构件保持在盖的占地面积内。 在展开的构造中，每个单独的片状构件延伸超过盖的覆盖区。 当一个单独的片材构件处于展开构型时，多个单独片材构件中的其它片材构件处于折叠构型并且经由片材支撑构件基本上隐藏于视图中。 帐户标识符被静态地连接到封面，片材支持构件和多个单独的片材构件中的一个，并将交易产品链接到金融账户。

公开(公告)号：US08523058B2

公开(公告)日：2013-09-03

申请号：US12830064

申请日：2010-07-02

申请人： Erin M. Borkowski ,  Heidi Schweigert ,  Timothy P. Clegg ,  Primoz Samardzija

发明人： Erin M. Borkowski ,  Heidi Schweigert ,  Timothy P. Clegg ,  Primoz Samardzija

IPC分类号： G06K5/00 ,  G06F17/00

CPC分类号： B42D25/22 ,  A45C11/24 ,  A45C11/34 ,  B42D15/045 ,  B42D25/00 ,  B42D25/285 ,  B42D25/305 ,  B42D2033/44 ,  G06Q20/105 ,  G06Q30/06

摘要： A transaction product includes a housing, a tray, one or more articles and an account identifier. The tray is selectively maintained within and readily removable from the housing. The one or more articles are selectively maintained by the tray, and each of the one more articles are readily removable from the tray. The account identifier is associated with the housing and links the transaction product to an account or record having a value configured to be used toward one or more of a purchase and a use of goods or services. Other products, cards, assemblies and associated methods are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 交易产品包括外壳，托盘，一个或多个物品和帐户标识符。 托盘被选择性地保持在壳体内并且容易地从壳体移除。 一个或多个物品由托盘选择性地保持，并且多个物品中的每一个容易地从托盘移除。 帐户标识符与房屋相关联，并将交易产品链接到具有被配置为用于购买和使用商品或服务中的一个或多个的值的帐户或记录。 还公开了其他产品，卡，组件和相关方法。

公开(公告)号：US08096467B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-17

申请号：US13079585

申请日：2011-04-04

申请人： Timothy P. Clegg ,  Primoz Samardzija

发明人： Timothy P. Clegg ,  Primoz Samardzija

IPC分类号： G06K5/00

CPC分类号： B42D25/369 ,  A63F9/088 ,  A63F2009/242 ,  B42D25/00 ,  B42D25/20 ,  B42D25/45 ,  B42D2033/40 ,  G06K19/041 ,  G06Q20/342 ,  G07F7/08 ,  G07F7/0806

摘要： A transaction product includes a plurality of puzzle segments, four skin components, and a machine-readable account identifier. The four skin components each couple and form a hinge between at least two of the plurality of puzzle segments such that the transaction product is configured to be successively folded about the plurality of hinges to undergo a closed chain of transformations from an initial configuration to a plurality of intermediate configurations and back to the initial configuration. The four skin components are each positioned on an external surface of the transaction product when the transaction product is in the initial configuration. The machine-readable account identifier is coupled to at least one of the puzzle segments and links the transaction product to an account or record for tracking a value associated with the transaction product.

摘要翻译： 交易产品包括多个拼图段，四个皮肤元件和机器可读帐户标识符。 四个皮肤部件各自耦合并且在多个拼图段中的至少两个之间形成铰链，使得交易产品被配置成围绕多个铰链被连续地折叠以经历从初始配置到多个的多个转换的闭合链 的中间配置并返回初始配置。 当交易产品处于初始配置时，四个皮肤部件各自位于交易产品的外部表面上。 机器可读帐户标识符耦合到至少一个拼图段，并将交易产品链接到帐户或记录，以跟踪与交易产品相关联的值。

公开(公告)号：US08091779B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-10

申请号：US12139199

申请日：2008-06-13

申请人： Brian R. Holt ,  Charlotte Ariss ,  Daniel A. Weston ,  Allison G. Bender ,  Timothy P. Clegg ,  Primoz Samardzija

发明人： Brian R. Holt ,  Charlotte Ariss ,  Daniel A. Weston ,  Allison G. Bender ,  Timothy P. Clegg ,  Primoz Samardzija

IPC分类号： G06K5/00 ,  G06Q40/00

CPC分类号： G07F7/08 ,  A45C11/182 ,  A45D44/00 ,  A45D44/005 ,  G06Q20/347 ,  G06Q20/349 ,  G07F7/082

摘要： A transaction product has an account identifier and includes one or more cosmetic articles. The cosmetic article may be held in place by a tray such that both are readily removable from the housing. The transaction product and its various components, taken together, have a visual appeal accentuated by a sense of depth provided by employing indicia on different visual planes and by using transparent and/or translucent panels. The indicia may be evocative of the nature of cosmetic article, including graphics that depict the color, texture, or other physical properties of the particular cosmetic article enclosed within the transaction product. The account identifier is associated with the housing and links the transaction product to an account or record having a value configured to be used toward one or more of a purchase and a use of goods or services.

摘要翻译： 交易产品具有帐户标识符并且包括一个或多个化妆品。 化妆品可以通过托盘保持在适当位置，使得两者都容易地从壳体移除。 交易产品及其各种组件相结合，具有通过在不同视觉平面上采用标记并通过使用透明和/或半透明面板提供的深度感来加强视觉吸引力。 标记可能引起化妆品的性质，包括描绘包含在交易产品内的特定化妆品的颜色，质地或其他物理性质的图形。 帐户标识符与房屋相关联，并将交易产品链接到具有被配置为用于购买和使用商品或服务中的一个或多个的值的帐户或记录。

公开(公告)号：US08060228B2

公开(公告)日：2011-11-15

申请号：US12340429

申请日：2008-12-19

申请人： David B. Smith ,  Erin M. Borkowski ,  Timothy P. Clegg ,  Primoz Samardzija

发明人： David B. Smith ,  Erin M. Borkowski ,  Timothy P. Clegg ,  Primoz Samardzija

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G07F17/0014 ,  G06Q20/105 ,  G06Q20/123 ,  G06Q20/204 ,  G06Q20/3574 ,  G06Q20/4037 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G07F7/08 ,  G10H2240/181

摘要： A financial transaction product includes an electrical assembly, a housing at least partially enclosing the electrical assembly, a connection cable, and an account identifier. The connection cable includes a first end, which is coupled with the housing and in electrical communication with the electrical assembly, and a second end, which is opposite the first end, is spaced from the housing, and includes an electrical connector configured to selectively interface with a electrical device separate from the financial transaction product. The account identifier is affixed to the housing and links the housing to at least one of a financial account or a financial record. Methods of encouraging purchase and facilitating use of a financial transaction card assembly and other embodiments are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 金融交易产品包括电组件，至少部分地包围电组件的壳体，连接电缆和帐户标识符。 连接电缆包括与壳体耦合并与电气组件电连通的第一端，与第一端相对的第二端与壳体间隔开，并且包括电连接器，其被配置为选择性地接合 具有与金融交易产品分开的电气设备。 账户标识符被附加到房屋并且将房屋连接到金融账户或财务记录中的至少一个。 还公开了鼓励购买和促进使用金融交易卡组件的方法和其他实施例。