CONSUMER SPENDING THRESHOLD EVALUATION

• US 20090327107A1
• Filed: 06/11/2009
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Visa International Service Association (Visa, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Visa International Service Association (Visa, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sheorey, Mukund M., Tareen, Irfan Y., Lal, Raghav
• Application Number:
  US12/483,106
• Publication Number:
  US 20090327107A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/24 Credit schemes, i.e. "pay after"
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4016 involving fraud or risk level assessment in transaction processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

A method comprising receiving, by a server computer, an authorization request for a transaction conducted with a payment token from a merchant via an open payment processing network. The payment token associated with an account having a no preset spending limit. The method also determines, by the server computer, an exposure limit of the account in real-time based on information obtained by the open payment processing network. The method also determines, by the server computer, whether or not to authorize the transaction based on the determined exposure limit.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a server computer, an authorization request for a transaction conducted with a payment token from a merchant via an open payment processing network, the payment token associated with an account having a no preset spending limit;

determining, by the server computer, an exposure limit of the account in real-time based on information obtained by the open payment processing network; and

determining, by the server computer, whether or not to authorize the transaction based on the determined exposure limit.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising updating, by the server computer, an exposure level based on the information obtained by the open payment processing network.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising sending an early warning message to the consumer if the updated exposure level is determined to be approaching the determined exposure limit.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein determining, by the server computer, whether or not to authorize the transaction based on the determined exposure limit comprises comparing the updated exposure level to the exposure limit determined in real-time.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising sending authorization in an authorization message to the merchant if the updated exposure level is below the determined exposure limit.

6. The method of claim 4 further comprising sending an authorization request to an issuer for an additional authorization determination if the updated exposure level is below the determined exposure limit.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing the determined exposure limit in a database for subsequent exposure limit determinations.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

sending new terms associated with the account to the consumer;

receiving approval of the new terms from the consumer; and

updating the exposure limit based on the new terms.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

sending a request for new information to the consumer;

receiving the new information from the consumer in response to the request; and

updating the exposure limit based on the new information.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the payment token is a phone.

11. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer readable medium coupled to the processor and comprising code executable by the processor, the computer readable medium comprising;

code for receiving an authorization request for a transaction conducted with a payment token from a merchant via an open payment processing network, the payment token associated with an account having a no preset spending limit;

code for determining an exposure limit of the account in real-time based on information obtained by the open payment processing network; and

code for determining whether or not to authorize the transaction based on the determined exposure limit.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the computer readable medium further comprises code for updating an exposure level based on the information obtained by the open payment processing network.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the computer readable medium further comprises code for sending an early warning message to the consumer if the updated exposure level is determined to be approaching the determined exposure limit.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein the code for determining whether or not to authorize the transaction based on the determined exposure limit comprises code for comparing the updated exposure level to the exposure limit determined in real-time.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the computer readable medium further comprises code for sending authorization in an authorization message to the merchant if the updated exposure level is below the determined exposure limit.

16. The system of claim 14 wherein the computer readable medium further comprises code for sending an authorization request to an issuer for an additional authorization determination if the updated exposure level is below the determined exposure limit.

17. The system of claim 11 wherein the computer readable medium further comprises code for storing the determined exposure limit in a database for subsequent exposure limit determinations.

18. The system of claim 11 wherein the computer readable medium further comprises:

code for sending new terms associated with the account to the consumer;

code for receiving approval of the new terms from the consumer; and

code for updating the exposure limit based on the new terms.

19. The system of claim 11 wherein the computer readable medium further comprises:

code for sending a request for new information to the consumer;

code for receiving the new information from the consumer in response to the request; and

code for updating the exposure limit based on the new information.

20. The system of claim 11 wherein the payment token is a phone.