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Local management of payment transactions

  • US 10,692,081 B2
  • Filed: 12/31/2010
  • Issued: 06/23/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • detecting a payment device in a special spending environment;

    responsive to said detection, obtaining, by one or more processors of a local authorization platform, from an issuer of said payment device, an authorization and guarantee for a predetermined amount of funds spendable with said local authorization platform that is, one of, collocated in said special spending environment or linked to said special spending environment by a high-speed connection and that is separate from said issuer of said payment device and from said payment device, where a payment processing network and at least one acquiring entity are disposed between said local authorization platform and said issuer, and facilitate communication between said local authorization platform and said issuer;

    establishing, by said one or more processors, a pre-authorized balance, based on said predetermined amount of funds, on said local authorization platform;

    authorizing, by one or more processors, a series of purchases with said payment device within said special spending environment;

    adjusting, by one or more processors, said pre-authorized balance to reflect a value of said series of purchases;

    determining that said series of purchases is ended;

    communicating, by said one or more processors, a payment request to said issuer, causing said issuer to perform clearing and settlement of an aggregation of said series of purchases authorized by said one or more processors for a portion of said predetermined amount of funds actually spent in said series of purchases subsequent to determining that said series of purchases is ended; and

    facilitating, by said one or more processors, an immediate release, by said issuer, of said guarantee as to that portion of said predetermined amount of funds not actually spent in said series of purchases, said immediate release being subsequent to said determining that said series of purchases is ended,where said determining that said series of purchases is ended comprises receiving, from said issuer, a special callback command reducing the pre-authorized balance on said local authorization platform where said special callback command is issued in response to a security issue.

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