System And Method For Processing Transactions Without Providing Account Information To A Payee
First Claim
1. A system for completing a transaction using funding from a financial account provided to an account holder by an account provider without providing a merchant with information associated with the financial account or the account holder, comprising:
- a mobile gateway computing system, operable to;
receive transaction data from the account holder, the transaction data comprising an identification of the account holder, an indication of a financial account of the account holder to fund the transaction, and merchant transaction data;
access account data corresponding to the indicated financial account; and
transmit at least a portion of the account data and a portion of the transaction data for approval of the transaction.
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Abstract
Processing financial transactions. without providing information associated with a financial account of a purchaser to the payee of the transaction. A financial institution (card issuer) holding the account can provide a financial account, such as a credit or debit card account to the purchaser (card holder). The card holder can set up a payment option corresponding to this account at a mobile gateway computing system. Instead of presenting the card to a merchant, the card holder can access a payment application executing on a mobile device to select the payment option and extract transaction information from a merchant point of sale. This transaction information can be transmitted to the mobile gateway computing system along with payment option information. The mobile gateway computing system can add account information for the payment option and send the information to the card issuer for approval.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for completing a transaction using funding from a financial account provided to an account holder by an account provider without providing a merchant with information associated with the financial account or the account holder, comprising:
a mobile gateway computing system, operable to; receive transaction data from the account holder, the transaction data comprising an identification of the account holder, an indication of a financial account of the account holder to fund the transaction, and merchant transaction data; access account data corresponding to the indicated financial account; and transmit at least a portion of the account data and a portion of the transaction data for approval of the transaction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for completing a transaction using funding from a financial account provided to an account holder by an account provider without providing a payee with information associated with the financial account or the account holder, comprising the steps of:
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receiving, at a computing system, transaction data from the account holder, the transaction data comprising an identification of the account holder, an indication of a financial account of the account holder to fund the transaction, and merchant transaction data; accessing, by the computing system, account data corresponding to the indicated financial account; transmitting, by the computing system, at least a portion of the account data and a portion of the transaction data for approval of the transaction; receiving, by the computing system, an indication of whether the transaction is approved or declined; and if the transaction is approved, transmitting, by the computing system, an approval message to the payee. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile device for use in completing a transaction using finding from a financial account provided to an account holder by an account provider without providing a payee with information associated with the financial account or the account holder, comprising:
a payment application executing on the mobile device, the payment application operable to; provide the account holder with information associated with a plurality of financial accounts of the account holder; receive a selection of one of the plurality of financial accounts from the account holder; receive transaction data corresponding to the transaction; and transmit the transaction data and information associated with the selected financial account from the mobile device to a computing system for processing of the transaction. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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