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Transaction payment processing by multiple data centers

  • US 10,373,144 B1
  • Filed: 05/27/2016
  • Issued: 08/06/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving over a network, by a first data center of multiple data centers, a transaction request for a purchase transaction conducted by a point-of-sale computing system, wherein the transaction request comprises an identifier associated with a payment object of a customer that is to be used to process a payment for the purchase transaction;

    sending over the network, by the first data center and to the point-of-sale computing system, an acknowledgement of the transaction request, wherein the acknowledgement comprises an identification of the first data center as a primary data center for the purchase transaction;

    determining the first data center is unavailable after the identification as the primary data center;

    receiving over the network, by a second data center of the multiple data centers, a capture request for the purchase transaction conducted by the point-of-sale computing system, wherein the capture request comprises the identification of the first data center as the primary data center;

    sending over the network, by the second data center and to the point-of-sale computing system, an acknowledgement of receipt of the capture request;

    forwarding over the network, from the second data center and to the first data center, the capture request based at least in part on the identification of the first data center as the primary data center; and

    initiating, by the first data center, a capture of the purchase transaction specified by the capture request.

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