Systems and methods for providing a transaction card package assembly including sample product or service

摘要

A transaction card package assembly comprising at least one transaction card, at least one sample product, and a card holder, and methods and system for processing the same.

主权项

1. A transaction card package assembly processing system comprising:
a datastore maintaining account information for a plurality of transaction card package assemblies, a plurality of samples, and any correlations between the two, wherein each of the plurality of samples is removable or replaceable with respect to at least one of the plurality of transaction card package assemblies, wherein each of the plurality of samples is at least one product or at least one product coupon for a product or service which is distributed at no cost to a consumer; and a processing computer connected to the datastore, the processing computer to process and record a message comprising a correlation transaction request received from a point of sale terminal or other entity granted access to the processing computer, wherein the correlation transaction request comprises a sample identifier of at least one of the plurality of samples and a transaction card package assembly identifier of at least one of a plurality of transaction card package assemblies, wherein the sample identifier and the transaction card package assembly identifier are distinct identifiers, the processing computer comprising a sample correlation unit to:
determine the at least one of the plurality of transaction card package assemblies and the at least one of the plurality of samples are eligible for correlation using the sample identifier of the at least one of the plurality of samples and the transaction card package assembly identifier of the at least one of the plurality of transaction card package assemblies, andcorrelate the at least one of the plurality of samples with the at least one of the plurality of transaction card package assemblies using the sample identifier of the at least one of the plurality of samples and the transaction card package assembly identifier of the at least one of the plurality of transaction card package assemblies,wherein the processing computer updates the account information in the datastore to reflect a correlation between the at least one of the plurality of samples and the at least one of the plurality of transaction card package assemblies.