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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2006
Ted C. Halbur, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Travis M. Robertson, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
David B. Smith, Falcon Heights, MN (US);
Erin M. Borkowski, Andover, MN (US);
Primoz Samardzija, Marina del Ray, CA (US);
Ted C. Halbur, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Travis M. Robertson, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
David B. Smith, Falcon Heights, MN (US);
Erin M. Borkowski, Andover, MN (US);
Primoz Samardzija, Marina del Ray, CA (US);
Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A stored-value card including a housing and an object. The housing defining a storage cavity and including a door and an account identifier signifying a financial account or record linked to the stored-value card. The door is configured to transition between a closed position where the door covers an opening to the storage cavity and an open position where the opening is uncovered. The object stored within the housing is at least partially removable from the housing when the door is in the open position. 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.