System and method for combining disparate commercial transactions under a single identification mechanism
First Claim
1. A financial card for concurrently providing information for a payment transaction and information for a non-payment transaction, the financial card comprising:
- a magnetic stripe that comprises;
a first track that includes information for initiating the payment transaction; and
a second track that includes information for initiating the non-payment transaction; and
a flag field storing a value that indicates an order for initiating the payment transaction and the non-payment transaction, wherein a first value of the flag field indicates that the payment transaction is to be initiated before the non-payment transaction and a second value of the flag field indicates that the non-payment transaction is to be initiated before the payment transaction,wherein the financial card is configured to provide, to a financial card reader, the information for initiating the payment transaction, the information for initiating said non-payment transaction, and the value of the flag field in response to a single swipe of the financial card in the financial card reader.
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Abstract
A single swipe system is constructed that allows a person to use a single financial card to receive loyalty benefits (or conduct other non-payment operations) concurrently with a payment transaction. In one embodiment, the user simply swipes his/her financial card and the processing system then concurrently processes a non-payment transaction along with a payment transaction. In some situations, the non-payment transaction can be blended into the payment transaction to allow for discounts and other awards from one or more databases other than the payment processing database. In one embodiment, a single swipe of a financial card connects the consumer with one or more loyalty systems and the consumer can select from the ones desired during the course of payment processing. Discounts and other advantages can be applied to the payment transaction, all based upon a single entry of the consumer'"'"'s ID.
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20 Claims
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1. A financial card for concurrently providing information for a payment transaction and information for a non-payment transaction, the financial card comprising:
a magnetic stripe that comprises; a first track that includes information for initiating the payment transaction; and a second track that includes information for initiating the non-payment transaction; and a flag field storing a value that indicates an order for initiating the payment transaction and the non-payment transaction, wherein a first value of the flag field indicates that the payment transaction is to be initiated before the non-payment transaction and a second value of the flag field indicates that the non-payment transaction is to be initiated before the payment transaction, wherein the financial card is configured to provide, to a financial card reader, the information for initiating the payment transaction, the information for initiating said non-payment transaction, and the value of the flag field in response to a single swipe of the financial card in the financial card reader. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A financial card for concurrently providing information for a payment transaction and information for a non-payment transaction, the financial card comprising:
means for storing information, the means for storing information comprising; means for storing data for initiating the payment transaction; and means for storing data for initiating the non-payment transaction; and means for storing a flag field comprising a value that indicates an order for initiating the payment transaction and the non-payment transaction, wherein a first value of the flag field indicates that the payment transaction is to be initiated before the non-payment transaction and wherein a second value of the flag field indicates that the non-payment transaction is to be initiated before the payment transaction, wherein the financial card is configured to provide, to a financial card reader, the data for initiating the payment transaction, the data for initiating the non-payment transaction, and the value of the flag field in response to a single swipe of the financial card in the financial card reader. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for configuring a financial card for concurrently providing information for a payment transaction and information for a non-payment transaction, the method comprising:
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storing, on a first track of a magnetic stripe of the financial card, information for initiating the payment transaction; storing, on a second track of the magnetic stripe of the financial card, information for initiating the non-payment transaction; and setting a value of a flag field, wherein the flag field is stored within the magnetic stripe of the financial card, wherein the value indicates an order for initiating the payment transaction and the non-payment transaction, wherein a first value of the flag field indicates that the payment transaction is to be initiated before the non-payment transaction and a second value of the flag field indicates that the non-payment transaction is to be initiated before the payment transaction.
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