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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 2', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 03742772', 'Application No. 2006323111', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 03742771', 'Application No. 03742772', 'Application No. 03742774']

United States Patent 8229851
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1. A computer-implemented method for exchanging gift cards, the method comprising: positioning a first kiosk in a first publicly accessible area of a first commercial establishment; positioning a second kiosk in a second publicly accessible area of a second commercial establishment; receiving a first gift card from a first user at the first kiosk; crediting a first monetary amount associated with the first gift card to an account; dispensing at least one of cash and a redeemable voucher to the first user from the first kiosk in exchange for the first gift card; voiding the first gift card; receiving funds from a second user at the second kiosk; dispensing a second gift card to the second user from the second kiosk in exchange for the funds; and debiting a second monetary amount associated with the second gift card from the account.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1: wherein dispensing the at least one of cash and the redeemable voucher to the first user includes dispensing the at least one of cash and the redeemable voucher having a first value less than the first monetary amount; and wherein receiving funds from the second user for the second gift card includes receiving funds having a second value less than the second monetary amount.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1: wherein receiving the first gift card from the first user includes receiving a first prepaid gift card for making purchases at a retail establishment, the first prepaid gift card having a first gift card balance; and wherein dispensing the second gift card to the second user includes dispensing a second prepaid gift card for making purchases at the retail establishment, wherein the second prepaid gift card has a second gift card balance equal to or less than the first gift card balance.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1: wherein receiving the first gift card from the first user includes receiving a first prepaid gift card for making purchases at a retail establishment, the first prepaid gift card having a gift card balance; and wherein the computer-implemented method further comprises selling the gift card balance.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1: wherein receiving the first gift card from the first user includes receiving a first prepaid gift card for making purchases at a first retail establishment; and wherein dispensing the second gift card to the second user includes dispensing a second prepaid gift card for making purchases at a second retail establishment.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1: wherein the first and second kiosks each include a communications facility coupled to a computer network; and wherein crediting the first monetary amount associated with the first gift card to the account includes adding the first monetary amount and a first gift card identifier associated with the first gift card to a database, wherein the database is on a remote computer coupled to the first and second kiosks via the communications facilities.
13. A computer-implemented method for exchanging prepaid cards, the method comprising: receiving a first prepaid card from a first user at a consumer operated kiosk, wherein receiving the first card includes receiving at least one of a physical card, a card number, a card balance, or a bar code associated with the first prepaid card; crediting a first monetary amount associated with the first prepaid card to an account; dispensing at least one of cash and a redeemable voucher to the first user from the first kiosk in exchange for the first card; receiving funds from a second user at the consumer operated kiosk; debiting a second monetary amount associated with the second prepaid card from the account; and dispensing a second prepaid card to the second user from the consumer operated kiosk in exchange for the funds, wherein the second card is at least one of the first prepaid card or a new prepaid card associated with the first card.
16. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 wherein the consumer operated kiosk is a first consumer operated kiosk, and wherein the computer-implemented method further comprises: positioning the first consumer operated kiosk in a first publicly accessible area of a first commercial establishment; and positioning a second consumer operated kiosk in a second publicly accessible area of a second commercial establishment, wherein the first and second consumer operated kiosks each include a communications facility configured to communicate with a remote computer network.
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