Obtaining instant credit at a POS with limited information
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processors of a payment provider, a payment request from a transaction device at a merchant point of sale (POS);
receiving, by the one or more processors of the payment provider, identification information for a user via the merchant POS, wherein the identification information does not include financial information associated with the user;
accessing, by the one or more processors of the payment provider, a database to identify an account from a plurality of accounts that corresponds to the identification information;
receiving, by the one or more processors of the payment provider, verification information of the user via the merchant POS, wherein the received verification information is received after the account of the user is identified, and wherein the received verification information does not include the financial information associated with the user;
in response to determining that the received verification information corresponds to a stored verification information stored in association with the identified account in the database, approving the payment request; and
in response to the approving, processing, by the one or more processors of the payment provider, the payment request, using the account of the user.
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Abstract
A consumer at a POS is able to obtain instant credit from a third party payment provider by providing identification information, such as from a driver'"'"'s license, through a sales associate at the POS and by providing directly the last four digits of the consumer'"'"'s social security number (SSN). When the consumer wants to make subsequent purchases through the payment provider, the sales associate need only enter the consumer'"'"'s last name, zip code, and date of birth for the payment provider to locate and retrieve the consumer'"'"'s account. The consumer may then enter the last four digits of the consumer'"'"'s social security number, such as into a PIN pad at the POS, and have the information processed by the payment provider.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by one or more processors of a payment provider, a payment request from a transaction device at a merchant point of sale (POS); receiving, by the one or more processors of the payment provider, identification information for a user via the merchant POS, wherein the identification information does not include financial information associated with the user; accessing, by the one or more processors of the payment provider, a database to identify an account from a plurality of accounts that corresponds to the identification information; receiving, by the one or more processors of the payment provider, verification information of the user via the merchant POS, wherein the received verification information is received after the account of the user is identified, and wherein the received verification information does not include the financial information associated with the user; in response to determining that the received verification information corresponds to a stored verification information stored in association with the identified account in the database, approving the payment request; and in response to the approving, processing, by the one or more processors of the payment provider, the payment request, using the account of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system, comprising:
one or more processors and one or more computer-readable memories storing program instructions, the one or more processors configured to execute the program instructions to cause the system to perform operations comprising; receiving, by one or more processors of a payment provider, a payment request from a transaction device at a merchant point of sale (POS); receiving, by the one or more processors of the payment provider, identification information for a user via the merchant POS, wherein the identification information does not include financial information associated with the user; accessing, by the one or more processors of the payment provider, a database to identify an account from a plurality of accounts that corresponds to the identification information; receiving, by the one or more processors of the payment provider, verification information of the user via the merchant POS, wherein the received verification information does not include the financial information associated with the user; in response to determining that the received verification information corresponds to a stored verification information stored in association with the identified account in the database, approving the payment request; and in response to the approving, processing, by the one or more processors of the payment provider, the payment request by using the account of the user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product, comprising:
one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices, the program instructions when executed cause a machine to perform operations comprising; detecting, by one or more processors of a payment provider, a payment request from a transaction device at a merchant point of sale (POS); receiving, by the one or more processors of the payment provider, identification information for a user associated with the payment request via the merchant POS, wherein the identification information does not include financial information associated with the user; accessing, by the one or more processors of the payment provider, a database to identify an account from a plurality of accounts that corresponds to the identification information; receiving, by the one or more processors of the payment provider, verification information of the user via the merchant POS, wherein the received verification information is received after the account of the user is identified, and wherein the received verification information does not include the financial information associated with the user; in response to determining that the received verification information corresponds to a stored verification information stored in association with the identified account in the database, approving the payment request; and in response to the approving, processing, by the one or more processors of the payment provider, the payment request, wherein the processing includes using the account of the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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