Abstract: A method of making a personalized financial transaction card having a customer-specified image on the card. The method includes providing a programming station for access by the customer. The programming station includes a data entry tool. The method also includes providing a card account management system connected to the programming station. The card account management system includes a database of account data relating to the customer. The method further includes entering data representing the customer-specified image into the programming station using the data entry tool, transmitting the data from the programming station to the card account management system, and generating a personalized financial transaction card related to the account data and bearing the customer-specified image on the personalized financial transaction card.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for organizing product information online based on retail store purchases of the associated products are disclosed. The methods and apparatus described herein store product information, such as product identifiers, maintenance agreements, warranty information, and product manuals in a product information server database. Subsequently, actual product purchases are recorded by the product information server based on data from one or more point-of-sale terminals. Individual customers may then access product information associated with his purchases by going online, without the need to enter the product information or manually identify which products were purchased.