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Blackstone Corporation

Luis A Arias

A multi-function transaction processing system comprising a transaction terminal that includes a plurality of data entry facilities and a transaction processor, the transaction processor being communicatively associated with a control processor, and the first of data entry facility including a payment authority input structured to accept a payment authority. The second, customer data entry facilities include a customer interface structured to be accessed by a customer, and have a display associated therewith. Furthermore, the transaction processor is responsive to customer inputs via the customer interface of the customer data entry and is structured to provide the customer with a plurality of selections on the display, the control processor defining a user account in accordance with a customer selection and to issue an authorization code associated with the user account. Preferably the user account includes value defined by said payment authority, the authorization code structured to facilitate a transaction in accordance with the defined value, and a printer assembly communicatively associated with the transaction terminal generates a card assembly bearing the user account information.

Multi-function transaction processing system

A multi-function transaction processing system including a transaction terminal having a data entry facility and a transaction processor, the transaction processor being communicatively associated with a control processor that defines user accounts and issues one or more authorization codes associated with the user account(s) in response to payment authorities provided at the transaction terminal utilizing a payment authority input of the data entry facility. Furthermore, a printer assembly is communicatively associated with the transaction terminal and generates a card assembly, the card assembly including a first portion containing the authorization code thereon, a second portion including additional promotional materials thereon, and an indicator structured to signify to the printer assembly the orientation of the card assembly relative thereto so as to prevent improper printing. The user account as defined by the control assembly, includes a defined value, the authorization code provided being utilized to facilitate a transaction in accordance with that defined value.

A multi-function transaction processing system including a transaction terminal having a data entry facility and a transaction processor, the transaction processor being communicatively associated with a control processor that defines user accounts and issues one or more authorization codes associated with the user account(s) in response to payment authorities provided at the transaction terminal utilizing a payment authority input of the data entry facility. Furthermore, a printer assembly is communicatively associated with the transaction terminal and generates a card assembly, the card assembly including a first portion containing the authorization code thereon, and a second portion including additional promotional materials thereon. The user account as defined by the control assembly, includes a defined value, the authorization code provided being utilized to facilitate a transaction in accordance with that defined value.

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Miami, FL, United States of America

Luis A Arias