Methods and Systems for Preauthorizing Venue-Based Credit Accounts
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1. A method for a third party to preauthorize spending at a venue, said method comprising:
- provisioning, on behalf of a user, a venue-based credit account for a spending transaction,enabling said transaction only after at least one of the user and a user-designee authorizes the venue to activate the provisioned venue-based credit account, and the third party provides, on behalf of the user, a credit status of the user to the venue; and
deactivating the venue-based credit account only after a triggering event, said deactivating step comprising the third party financially settling the transaction on behalf of the user.
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Abstract
A method and system for third party preauthorization of spending at a venue. The third party activates, on behalf of a user, a venue-based credit account for a spending transaction. The transaction is enabled only after at a user and/or a user-designee authorize the venue to open the venue-based credit account. The third party activates the venue-based credit account by providing a credit status of the user to the venue on behalf of the user and deactivates the venue-based credit account, by financially settling the transaction on behalf of the user, only after a triggering event.
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1. A method for a third party to preauthorize spending at a venue, said method comprising:
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provisioning, on behalf of a user, a venue-based credit account for a spending transaction, enabling said transaction only after at least one of the user and a user-designee authorizes the venue to activate the provisioned venue-based credit account, and the third party provides, on behalf of the user, a credit status of the user to the venue; and deactivating the venue-based credit account only after a triggering event, said deactivating step comprising the third party financially settling the transaction on behalf of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A system for a third party to preauthorize spending at a venue, said system comprising at least one server operated by the third party and adapted to:
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communicate with the venue and a user; provision, on behalf of the user, a venue-based credit account for a spending transaction enable said transaction only after at least one of the user and a user-designee authorizes the venue to activate the provisioned venue-based credit account, by providing, on behalf of the user, a credit status of the user to the venue; and deactivate the venue-based credit account only after a triggering event by financially settling the transaction on behalf of the user. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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