System and method for performing automatic payment transactions
First Claim
1. A method of conducting a payment transaction initiated by a merchant in response to detecting the presence of consumer payment devices in a payment charging area, the method comprising:
- scanning, using a merchant wireless communication device, the payment charging area for payment profiles associated with and located on the consumer payment devices in the payment charging area, the consumer payment devices being configured to respond to interrogation by the merchant wireless communication device;
receiving, by a payment platform, a verification query including i. information based on a first of the payment profiles acquired by the merchant wireless communication device and ii. a payment request including merchant information;
comparing, by the payment platform, the information based on the first payment profile and the merchant information with consumer-defined verification parameters to determine if the first payment profile is associated with the merchant information for the payment request; and
verifying, by the payment platform, the payment transaction between the first payment profile and the merchant in response to determining that the first payment profile is associated with the merchant information for the payment request.
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Abstract
A method and system of conducting a payment transaction including receiving, by a payment platform, a verification query including payment profile identification information and a payment request. The payment request includes merchant information. The payment profile identification information is obtained from a payment device using wireless communication. The payment device is associated with a payer, and the payment transaction is initiated in response to the presence of the payment device in a predetermined payment charging area. Comparing, using the payment platform, the payment profile identification information and the merchant information with stored verification parameters to determine if the payment profile identification information is properly associated with the merchant information. Verifying, using the payment platform, the payment transaction in response to the payment profile identification information being properly associated with the merchant information.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of conducting a payment transaction initiated by a merchant in response to detecting the presence of consumer payment devices in a payment charging area, the method comprising:
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scanning, using a merchant wireless communication device, the payment charging area for payment profiles associated with and located on the consumer payment devices in the payment charging area, the consumer payment devices being configured to respond to interrogation by the merchant wireless communication device; receiving, by a payment platform, a verification query including i. information based on a first of the payment profiles acquired by the merchant wireless communication device and ii. a payment request including merchant information; comparing, by the payment platform, the information based on the first payment profile and the merchant information with consumer-defined verification parameters to determine if the first payment profile is associated with the merchant information for the payment request; and verifying, by the payment platform, the payment transaction between the first payment profile and the merchant in response to determining that the first payment profile is associated with the merchant information for the payment request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A payment authorization system for authorizing a payment transaction initiated by a merchant in response to detecting the presence of consumer payment devices in a payment charging area, the payment authorization system comprising:
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a merchant wireless communication device configured to scan the payment charging area for payment profiles associated with and located on the consumer payment devices in the payment charging area, the consumer payment devices being configured to respond to interrogation by the merchant wireless communication device; a first payment profile and a second payment profile associated with a first of the consumer payment devices, the first payment profile containing information different from the second payment profile, the first payment profile being related to a first payment activity, the second payment profile being related to a second payment activity; a payment platform operably connectable to the merchant wireless communication device and having a processor operable by instructions to; receive i. information based on at least one of the first and second payment profiles acquired by the merchant wireless communication device from the first consumer payment device and ii. a payment request including merchant information; compare the information based on at least one of the first and second payment profiles and the merchant information with consumer-defined verification parameters to determine if the information based on at least one of the first and second payment profiles is associated with the merchant information for the payment request; and verify that the payment transaction in response determining that the information based on at least one of the first and second payment profiles is associated with the merchant information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A payment transaction system for authorizing a payment transaction initiated by a merchant in response to a merchant wireless communication device detecting the presence of consumer payment devices in a payment charging area, the payment transaction system comprising:
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a merchant wireless communication device configured to scan the payment charging area for payment profiles associated with and located on the consumer payment devices in the payment charging area, the consumer payment devices being configured to respond to interrogation by the merchant wireless communication device; a plurality of payment profiles; a payment platform including a processing device in communication with the merchant wireless communication device, the payment platform processing device being operable by instructions to; receive a verification query including i. information based on a first of the payment profiles acquired by the merchant wireless communication device and ii. a payment request including merchant information; compare the information based on the first payment profile and the merchant information with consumer-defined verification parameters to determine if the first payment profile is associated with the merchant information for the payment request; and verify the payment transaction between the first payment profile and the merchant in response to determining that the first payment profile is associated with the merchant information for the payment request. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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