Systems and methods using an authentication and payment processing platform
First Claim
1. A system to facilitate transactions from a payer to a payee, comprising:
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(i) receive, from a remote payer device, an electronic payment instruction file associated with a payer identifier and a payee identifier, the electronic payment instruction file for implementing a transaction in which funds are transferred from a payer to a payee, the payer identified by the payer identifier, the transaction being one of a plurality of transactions handled by the system, the payee identified by the payee identifier, the transaction initiated by the payee at a transaction location, and(ii) store information about the electronic payment instruction file into a transaction database;
(b) the transaction database storing, for each of the plurality of transactions, information about the electronic payment instruction file including the payer identifier and the payee identifier; and
(c) an authorization and payment processing server, coupled to the transaction database, programmed to;
(iii) retrieve, from the transaction database, the information about the electronic payment instruction file, including the payer identifier and the payee identifier,(iv) automatically implement the transaction to cause said funds to be transferred from a payment account associated with the payer identifier to an account associated with the payee identifier, wherein the automatic transfer of funds includes verifying an availability of funds via at least one of;
a credit card platform, and a banking platform, and(v) transmit a confirmation signal to the remote payer device confirming that the transaction has been completed, said confirmation signal to be displayed on the remote payer device at the transaction location for viewing by the payee on the remote payer device, said authorization and payment processing server not transmitting any confirmation signal to any other device at the transaction location.
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Abstract
An electronic payment instruction file associated with a payer identifier and a payee identifier from a remote payer device may be received. Information about the electronic file may be stored into a transaction database. An authorization and payment processing server may retrieve, from the transaction database, the information about the electronic payment instruction file and automatically arrange for funds to be transferred from a payment account associated with the payer identifier to an account associated with the payee identifier. The authorization and payment processing server may then transmit a confirmation signal to the remote payer device confirming that the payment has been completed without transmitting any information to any device associated with the payee identifier at the location of the transaction.
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16 Claims
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1. A system to facilitate transactions from a payer to a payee, comprising:
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(a) a communication unit programmed to; (i) receive, from a remote payer device, an electronic payment instruction file associated with a payer identifier and a payee identifier, the electronic payment instruction file for implementing a transaction in which funds are transferred from a payer to a payee, the payer identified by the payer identifier, the transaction being one of a plurality of transactions handled by the system, the payee identified by the payee identifier, the transaction initiated by the payee at a transaction location, and (ii) store information about the electronic payment instruction file into a transaction database; (b) the transaction database storing, for each of the plurality of transactions, information about the electronic payment instruction file including the payer identifier and the payee identifier; and (c) an authorization and payment processing server, coupled to the transaction database, programmed to; (iii) retrieve, from the transaction database, the information about the electronic payment instruction file, including the payer identifier and the payee identifier, (iv) automatically implement the transaction to cause said funds to be transferred from a payment account associated with the payer identifier to an account associated with the payee identifier, wherein the automatic transfer of funds includes verifying an availability of funds via at least one of;
a credit card platform, and a banking platform, and(v) transmit a confirmation signal to the remote payer device confirming that the transaction has been completed, said confirmation signal to be displayed on the remote payer device at the transaction location for viewing by the payee on the remote payer device, said authorization and payment processing server not transmitting any confirmation signal to any other device at the transaction location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16)
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9. A computer-implemented method to facilitate transactions from a payer to a payee, comprising:
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receiving, at a communication unit from a remote payer device, an electronic payment instruction file associated with a payer identifier and a payee identifier, the electronic payment instruction file for implementing a transaction in which funds are transferred from a payer to a payee, the payer identified by the payer identifier, the transaction being one of a plurality of transactions, the payee identified by the payee identifier, the transaction initiated by the payee at a transaction location; storing information about the electronic payment instruction file into a transaction database, the transaction database storing, for each of the plurality of transactions, information about the electronic payment instruction file including the payer identifier and the payee identifier; retrieving, by an authorization and payment processing server from the transaction database, the information about the electronic payment instruction file, including the payer identifier and the payee identifier; automatically implementing the transaction by the authorization and payment processing server, to cause said funds to be transferred from a payment account associated with the payer identifier to an account associated with the payee identifier, wherein the automatic transfer of funds includes verifying an availability of funds via at least one of;
a credit card platform, and a banking platform; andtransmitting, from the authorization and payment processing server, a confirmation signal to the remote payer device confirming that the transaction has been completed, said confirmation signal to be displayed on the remote payer device at the transaction location for viewing by the payee on the remote payer device, said authorization and payment processing server not transmitting any confirmation signal to any other device at the transaction location. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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