Augmented pre-paid cards, systems, and methods

A transaction system for pre-paid cards comprising:

• a transaction database having a plurality of transaction objects stored therein, the transaction objects each representing at least one transaction characteristic of a transaction card, the transaction objects being stored according to associated image descriptor objects, wherein the transaction card has at least one marker-less portion, and
• one or more processors communicatively coupled with the transaction database such that the one or more processors are caused to:
• obtain an image of at least a marker-less portion of the transaction card;
• derive at least one image descriptor from the marker-less portion by performing one or more algorithms on the image;
• identify at least one corresponding transaction characteristic from the transaction database and associated with the transaction card based on the at least one image descriptor;
• construct a first deal recommendation based on at least a subset of a plurality of transaction characteristics that includes data unique to a user of the transaction card, and another subset of the plurality of transaction characteristics that includes data unique to an original purchaser of the transaction card;
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• generate, for a user device display, an augmented real-time image signal comprising a visual representation of the first deal recommendation combined with a still image or real-time video signal of at least the marker-less portion of the transaction card.

A method of facilitating redemption of a transaction card, comprising the steps of:

• obtaining an image of at least a marker-less portion of the transaction card;
• deriving at least one image descriptor from the marker-less portion by performing one or more algorithms on the image;
• identifying at least one corresponding transaction characteristic from the transaction database and associated with the transaction card based on the at least one image descriptor;
• constructing a first deal recommendation based on at least a subset of a plurality of transaction characteristics that includes data unique to a user of the transaction card, and another subset of the plurality of transaction characteristics that includes data unique to an original purchaser of the transaction card;
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• generating, for a user device display, an augmented real-time image signal comprising a visual representation of the first deal recommendation combined with a still image or real-time video signal of at least the marker-less portion of the transaction card.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform one or more operations comprising:

• obtaining an image of at least a marker-less portion of a transaction card;
• deriving at least one image descriptor from the marker-less portion by performing one or more algorithms on the image portion;
• identifying at least one corresponding transaction characteristic from the transaction database and associated with the transaction card based on the at least one image descriptor;
• constructing a first deal recommendation based on at least a subset of a plurality of transaction characteristics that includes data unique to a user of the transaction card, and another subset of the plurality of transaction characteristics that includes data unique to an original purchaser of the transaction card;
• and
• generating, for a user device display, an augmented real-time image signal comprising a visual representation of the first deal recommendation combined with a still image or real-time video signal of at least the marker-less portion of the transaction card.