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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Travis M. Robertson, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Adam W. Reynolds, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ted C. Halbur, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Timothy P. Clegg, Manhatten Beach, CA (US);
Primoz Samardzija, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Travis M. Robertson, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Adam W. Reynolds, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ted C. Halbur, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Timothy P. Clegg, Manhatten Beach, CA (US);
Primoz Samardzija, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A transaction product includes a memory, a housing, an electrical connector and an account identifier. The housing encloses the memory. The electrical connector is securely electrically coupled with the memory and is configured to be selectively received by a socket of a computing device such that the computing device can access the memory via the electrical connector. The account identifier links the transaction product to an account or record, the account identifier being machine readable by a point-of-sale terminal such that value can be added to or deducted from the account or record using the account identifier. Other product, cards, assemblies and associated methods are also disclosed.