Patent ID: 7661588

Claim:
A stored-value card comprising: a housing including a machine readable bar code linked to a stored-value account or record such that the stored-value card can be used toward the purchase or use of at least one of goods and services; a movement sensing mechanism substantially enclosed within the housing and configured to detect movement caused when a step is taken by a person carrying the stored-value card; an electrical assembly substantially enclosed within the housing and in communication with the movement sensing mechanism, the electrical assembly being configured to identify movement detected by the movement sensing mechanism such that the movement sensing mechanism and the electrical assembly collectively function as a pedometer; and a clip coupled with the housing and biased toward an outside surface defined by the housing, the clip configured to maintain a garment associated with the person, via interaction between the garment and each of the clip and the outside surface of the housing, to selectively hold the stored-value card to the person; wherein the electrical assembly includes a display screen viewable through the outside surface of the housing, the outside surface is substantially planar, and the clip extends over the outside surface around at least three sides of the display screen.