Patent ID: 7743982
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A transaction product, comprising: an electro-mechanical circuit including a mechanical drive member, a generator in mechanical communication with the mechanical drive member, and an electrically driven device in electrical communication with the generator, wherein the electro-mechanical circuit is configured such that when a bearer of the transaction product moves the mechanical drive member, motion from the mechanical drive member is transferred to the generator, the generator uses the motion from the mechanical drive member to create an electrical voltage, and the electrical voltage is transferred to the electrically driven device to selectively power activation of the electrically driven device; and an account identifier linking 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.