Patent ID: 8353451
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: G06Q,G07F,G07G

Abstract:
1. A transaction apparatus comprising: a token device interface arrangement; a customer input; and a program component configured to control communication with one or more transaction servers, including a redemption transaction server, for enacting different kinds of transactions, wherein the customer input is operable to receive first and second kinds of information: wherein the apparatus is configured to: determine whether the first kind of information matches the stored authentication information and, in the case that it does, authenticate the token device, and thereby enact a respective first kind of transaction by communicating with a said transaction server; use the second kind of information to enact a said second kind of payment transaction by sending said second kind of authentication information to the redemption transaction server, and thereby obtaining information from said redemption transaction server without using a token device, the information obtained from the redemption transaction server identifying one or more specific goods and/or services in relation to which a transaction may be enacted for the customer; and use the information obtained from the redemption transaction server to identify said one or more goods and/or services in relation to which a redemption transaction may be enacted for the customer, and a redemption value for redemption in relation to the identified one or more goods and/or services.