METHOD OF PROVIDING AND PROCESSING A PLURALITY OF STORED-VALUE CARDS
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A method of providing and processing a plurality of stored-value cards includes providing a stored-value card assembly including the plurality of stored-value cards in a housing. The plurality of stored-value cards includes a first stored-value card and a last stored-value card. Each of the plurality of stored-value cards is associated with a different account identifier linking each one of the plurality of stored-value cards to a different financial record or account. The different account identifiers collectively define a series of account identifiers. The method further includes scanning the different account identifier associated with the first stored-value card using a point-of-sale terminal, and scanning the different account identifier associated with the last stored-value card using the point-of-sale terminal. The housing indicates which of the different account identifier associated with the first stored-value card and the last stored-value card should be scanned first. Other card assemblies and associated methods are also disclosed.
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21. A system for presenting and processing a plurality of financial transaction cards, the system comprising:
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a financial transaction card assembly including; a plurality of financial transaction cards each linked to a different financial account in a sequential range of financial accounts, the plurality of financial transaction cards including a first financial transaction card, linked to a first financial account of the sequential range of financial accounts via a first account identifier, and a second financial transaction card, linked to a last financial account of the sequential range of financial accounts via a second account identifier, and a package enclosing the plurality of financial transaction cards and indicating the first account identifier and the second account identifier respectively associated with the first financial transaction card and the second financial transaction card of the plurality of financial transaction cards; and a point-of-sale terminal including a reader configured to read at least the first account identifier and the second account identifier, wherein upon reading the first account identifier and the second account identifier of the financial transaction card assembly, the point-of sale terminal is configured to activate all the different financial accounts in the sequential range of financial accounts such that all of the plurality of financial transaction cards are ready for financial redemption toward a price of one or more purchases of one or more of goods and services. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A stored-value card system comprising:
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a database storing a series of financial records bounded by a first financial record and a last financial record; and a stored-value card assembly including; a number of stored-value cards each associated with a different one of the series of financial records by a different one of a plurality of machine-readable identifiers, the number of stored-value cards including a first stored-value card associated with the first financial record and a last stored-value card associated with the last financial record, and means for completely surrounding the number of stored-value cards, the means for completely surrounding the number of stored-value cards including means for indicating the different ones of the plurality of machine-readable identifiers corresponding to the first stored-value card and the first financial record and to the last stored-value card and the last financial record. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A financial transaction card system for presenting and processing a plurality of financial transaction cards, the system including:
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a database storing a sequential range of financial records bounded by a first financial record and a last financial record; a financial transaction card assembly including; a plurality of financial transaction cards each linked with a different one of the sequential range of financial records by a different one of a plurality of machine-readable account identifiers, the plurality of financial transaction cards including a first financial transaction card associated with the first financial record and a last financial transaction card associated with the last financial record; a package completely surrounding the plurality of financial transaction cards, the package including means for indicating the different ones of the plurality of machine-readable account identifiers corresponding to the first financial transaction card and the first financial record and to the last financial transaction card and the last financial record; and a point-of-sale terminal including a reader configured to read the different ones of the plurality of machine-readable account identifiers, wherein upon reading the different ones of the plurality of machine-readable account identifiers corresponding to the first financial transaction card and the first financial record and to the second financial transaction card and the second financial record, the point-of sale terminal is configured to activate all of the sequential range of financial records such that all of the plurality of financial transaction cards are ready for financial redemption toward a price of one or more purchases of one or more of goods and services. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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