Patent ID: 8636206

Claim:
A transaction apparatus comprising: a token device interface arrangement; an input device; and a communications interface configured to provide information for use by one or more transaction servers, the transaction servers including a redemption transaction server configured to enact at least a redemption transaction, the transaction apparatus being for use with a first type of transaction and a second type of transaction, wherein the first type of transaction is a payment transaction comprising payment using a token device, and wherein the second type of transaction is different from the first type of transaction, wherein, when being used for the first type of transaction, the transaction apparatus is configured to receive a first type of information from a token device via the token device interface arrangement, and further configured to output information via the communications interface for use in the first type of transaction based on the on the first type of information; and wherein, when being, used for the second type of transaction, the transaction apparatus is configured to: receive a second type of information via the input device; use the received second type of information to initiate the second type of payment transaction by sending information via the communications interface for receipt at the redemption transaction server based on the received second type of information, thereby obtaining information from the redemption transaction server, wherein the information obtained from the redemption transaction server identifies one or more specific goods and/or services in relation to which a transaction may be enacted for a customer; and use the information obtained from the redemption transaction server to identify one or more good 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.