An in store sales product having a greeting card with an uninflated balloon attached. and after purchase the cashier can then inflate the balloon, place the greeting card and balloon in a shopping bag and hand it to the customer and the balloon remains temporarily secured down on the greeting card, and will be released later to float upwards on a tether.

The card forming a support for a valuable object, particularly a small precious metal ingot incorporated in said card, includes a core with a through aperture in which said valuable object is arranged, said through aperture having larger dimensions than those defined by the contour of said valuable object in the main geometric plane of said card. This valuable object is located in a central area of the through aperture so that a transparent peripheral area surrounds the valuable object inside said through aperture. The valuable object is embedded in a transparent resin which entirely fills the area peripheral to said valuable object between said object and the contour of the through aperture, so that the space remaining in the aperture around the valuable object is entirely filled by the resin.

Interactive greeting card and gift card holders with a hinged mechanism which provide fun user interaction and triggers audio playback. Each greeting card and gift card holder includes portion thereof which hinges or pivots about an axis. When the greeting card or gift card holder is hinged, or pivoted about the hinge, one or more special effects are triggered. Special effects may include audio, emergence or ejection of a gift card holder (w/gift card) or gift card, the appearance of a thought or word bubble, or any other special effect.

An inspirational novelty kit comprises a pillowcase having a plurality of compartments, and objects selected by a user for placement in one or more of the compartments of the pillowcase. The invention further is for a pillowcase and a method of use thereof for inspirational purposes.

A system for a greeting card. The greeting card has a planar greeting card portion and a greeting card cover moveably coupled to the planar greeting card portion. The greeting card cover can move from an open position whereby the planar greeting card portion is readable to a closed position adjacent to said planar greeting card portion whereby the planar greeting card portion is not readable. The greeting card portion is coupled to a gift storage compartment which has a volume and a depth for storing an item. The greeting card cover can open and close without moving the gift storage compartment.

A system and method for presenting data items on a card comprising a media device, a radio frequency transceiver, a memory unit and a processor. The media device is configured to render at least one type of media content items. The device is disposed on the card. The radio frequency transceiver receives a data item from at least one user terminal. The memory unit stores a set of program modules. The set of program modules comprises an input module, an output module, and an optimizer module. The input module, is configured to receive the data item from the radio frequency transceiver. The optimizer module is configured to convert the data item into a first media content item, the first media content item being in a format capable to be rendered by the media device. The output module renders the first media content item on the media device.

An electronic card with secured switch connection includes a circuit board and an insulation sheet; a contact plate and a elastic sheet provided on the circuit board and acting as a switch, the elastic sheet resiliently pressed against the contact plate, the insulation sheet being slidable between the contact plate and the elastic sheet; a U-shaped snap-engaging sleeve provided on the circuit board and located above the contact plate and the elastic sheet, the insulation sheet being slidably inserted in the U-shaped snap-engaging sleeve, one end of the insulation sheet being provided with a through hole, the circuit board and a fixed end of the insulation sheet being fixed on two sides of a folding electronic card respectively. The electronic card with secured switch connection is advantageous in that it can prevent displacement of the insulation sheet.

A method to generate real estate leads includes publishing a plurality of marketing items for a real estate listing with a telephone number and a unique code printed thereon. The unique code is configured to be transmitted by a mobile communication device and the unique code printed on each piece of the plurality of marketing items is different. The method also includes sending the plurality of marketing items to a plurality of street addresses, where the unique code is assigned to a particular street address of the plurality of street addresses. In addition, the method includes receiving a communication from the mobile communication device at the remote device associated with the telephone number, where the communication includes the unique code, and in response to receiving the unique code, determining the particular street address assigned to the unique code and creating a file that stores data of the communication.

A method to generate real estate leads includes publishing a plurality of marketing items for a real estate listing with a telephone number and a unique code printed thereon. The unique code is configured to be transmitted by a mobile communication device and the unique code printed on each piece of the plurality of marketing items is different. The method also includes sending the plurality of marketing items to a plurality of street addresses, where the unique code is assigned to a particular street address of the plurality of street addresses. In addition, the method includes receiving a communication from the mobile communication device at the remote device associated with the telephone number, where the communication includes the unique code, and in response to receiving the unique code, determining the particular street address assigned to the unique code and creating a file that stores data of the communication.

A greeting card having a gift card holder attached thereto with motor module which is operative to cause movement to the gift card holder. The greeting card may additionally contain a mobile object attached to the gift card holder which moves out of synch with the gift card holder. The gift card holder may contain a first portion and a second portion which separate to reveal a gift card therein.