Systems and methods for providing notification and feedback based on electronic payment transactions
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving an authorization request from a merchant for a financial account of a user, where said financial account is maintained by a financial institution and said authorization request relates to a proposed transaction between the user and the merchant;
exchanging financial information with the financial institution to respond to said authorization request;
responding to said authorization request by said merchant based on said exchanging financial information;
retrieving notification parameters for said user; and
providing a transaction notification to said user according to said notification parameters, where the transaction notification includes transaction details for a completed transaction with said merchant.
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Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods for providing notifications of financial transactions to the owners of financial accounts. In one embodiment, a user proposes to transact business with a merchant by supplying certain account information to make an electronic payment. A merchant may then submit an authorization request to a clearing house, including details on the proposed transaction. After the clearing house processes the authorization request and verifies funds with the appropriate financial institution, a set of notification parameters may be accessed by the clearing house and used to provide the financial account owner with instant or near instant notification of the transaction. In another embodiment, a feedback request is delivered to the user along with a transaction notification.
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38 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an authorization request from a merchant for a financial account of a user, where said financial account is maintained by a financial institution and said authorization request relates to a proposed transaction between the user and the merchant;
exchanging financial information with the financial institution to respond to said authorization request;
responding to said authorization request by said merchant based on said exchanging financial information;
retrieving notification parameters for said user; and
providing a transaction notification to said user according to said notification parameters, where the transaction notification includes transaction details for a completed transaction with said merchant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a network;
a merchant terminal coupled to the network;
a first server, coupled to the network, to maintain a user'"'"'s financial account, wherein said second server is associated with a financial institution; and
,a second server coupled to the network to, receive and process an authorization request from said merchant terminal to access said financial account, wherein said authorization request relates to a proposed transaction with said merchant, exchange financial information with said first server to respond to said authorization request, respond to said authorization request based on said financial information exchanged with the first server, retrieve notification parameters for said user from said first server, and provide a transaction notification to said user according to said notification parameters, where the transaction notification includes transaction details for a completed transaction with said merchant. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for providing a transaction notification comprising:
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receiving an authorization request from a merchant relating to a proposed transaction between a user and said merchant, wherein said authorization request is a request for funds from a financial account of said user, where said financial account is maintained by a financial institution;
verifying with the financial institution that said financial account contains sufficient funds for the proposed transaction;
authorizing said proposed transaction when said financial account contains sufficient funds for said proposed transaction;
retrieving notification parameters for said user; and
,providing said transaction notification to said user according to said notification parameters, where the transaction notification includes transaction details for a completed transaction with said merchant. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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