Patent ID: 8896613

Claim:
A method, comprising: a) during a transaction, sensing electronically an account identifier from an account identifier device included in a stored value digital frame; b) using a computer system, associating the account identifier with information, stored in tangible electronic storage, regarding an account; and c) (i) reading a stored value balance of the account, or (ii) in an amount corresponding to the transaction, initializing, raising, or lowering the stored value balance; wherein the stored value digital frame includes: (i) an electronic digital picture frame, including a screen, (ii) an account identifying device, included in the frame, that associates the frame with a stored value account, (iii) tangible digital image storage within the stored value digital frame, of size sufficient to store a plurality of digital images, and (iv) logic, embodied in some combination of hardware, and software instructions stored in software storage, that upon a receipt of a previously specified signal, will cause a digital image, which is stored in the image storage, to be displayed on the screen.