Patent ID: 8100333

Claim:
A transaction product comprising: a digital camera assembly including: a lens assembly, an image sensor aligned with the lens assembly, and a memory electrically coupled with the image sensor, wherein the digital camera assembly is configured to capture images through the lens assembly using the image sensor and to digitally store the captured images to the memory; a housing substantially enclosing the image sensor and the memory, the housing including a base and a cover, the base having a first substantially planar panel including a top half and a bottom half, the top half including apertures formed only through the top half of the first substantially planar panel; and an account identifier formed on the bottom half of the first substantially planar panel of the housing 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.