ELECTRONIC CARD READERS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT CARDS; ELECTRONIC COMPUTERIZED CARD IMPRINTERS AND THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE INCLUDED THEREWITH FOR STORING AND PROCESSING DATA USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ELECTRONIC CARDS; ELECTRONIC MACHINES FOR READING ELECTRONIC CARDS AND THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE INCLUDED THEREWITH FOR STORING AND PROCESSING THE DATA FROM THE ELECTRONIC CARDS; BLANK SMART CARDS; SMART CARDS CONTAINING PROGRAMMING USED TO TRACK STORED CREDITS FOR USE IN ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE VENDING OR TRACKING ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING GAME ROOM ENVIRONMENTS; SMART CARD READERS AND THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE INCLUDED THEREWITH FOR STORING AND PROCESSING THE DATA FROM THE SMART CARDS; SMART CARD UPLOADING MACHINES AND THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE INCLUDED THEREWITH FOR STORING AND PROCESSING THE DATA FROM THE SMART CARDS; BLANK PROGRAMMABLE SMART CARDS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER KIOSKS COMPRISING COMPUTERS, COMPUTER HARDWARE, COMPUTER PERIPHERALS, COMPUTER OPERATING SOFTWARE, AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR STORING AND PROCESSING DATA FROM SMART CARDS, FOR USE BY COMPANIES TO INPUT AND OUTPUT CREDITS FROM ENCODED ACCOUNTING SMART CARDS; AUTOMATED SELF-SERVICE INTERACTIVE SMART CARD READING KIOSKS COMPRISING COMPUTERS, COMPUTER HARDWARE, COMPUTER PERIPHERALS, COMPUTER OPERATING SOFTWARE, AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR STORING AND PROCESSING DATA FROM SMART CARDS, FOR INPUTTING MONEY DEPOSITED BY USERS ONTO SMART CARDS; ENCODED MASTER SMART CARDS CONTAINING PROGRAMMING USED TO SHOW OUTSTANDING BALANCES OF CARDS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED THROUGH BOTH THE EMPLOYEE OPERATED AND AUTOMATED KIOSKS; ENCODED SMART CARDS CONTAINING PROGRAMMING USED TO PROGRAM SMART CARD READERS