PAYMENT ACCOUNT PROCESSING WHICH CONVEYS NON PURCHASE RELATED DATA EXCHANGES
First Claim
1. In a payment processing system in which a transaction expediter processes a plurality of sales transactions, each characterized by a consumer and a merchant engaging in a sales transaction upon an account that was provided to the consumer by an issuer, a method comprising a plurality of steps each being performed by hardware executing software, wherein the steps include:
- formulating a non-sales related request;
conveying the non-sales related request through the payment processing system to a recipient; and
conveying a reply to the non-sales related request from the recipient through the payment processing system to an entity that formulated the non-sales related request.
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Abstract
An enhanced payment processing system is configured to process non-sales related requests. For example, such requests may pertain to a consumer'"'"'s application for a payment account, a request for identification of a payment account assigned to a specified consumer, a transfer of a monetary amount between two payment accounts, a payment to be applied to an account, and a change of an expiration date for a portable payment device. A merchant formulates a non-sales related request which is sent through the payment processing system to an account issuer. The account issuer receives the non-sales related request, complies with that request, and formulates a reply. The reply is sent back through the payment processing system to the merchant.
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22 Claims
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1. In a payment processing system in which a transaction expediter processes a plurality of sales transactions, each characterized by a consumer and a merchant engaging in a sales transaction upon an account that was provided to the consumer by an issuer, a method comprising a plurality of steps each being performed by hardware executing software, wherein the steps include:
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formulating a non-sales related request; conveying the non-sales related request through the payment processing system to a recipient; and conveying a reply to the non-sales related request from the recipient through the payment processing system to an entity that formulated the non-sales related request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. In a payment processing system in which a transaction expediter processes a plurality of sales transactions, each characterized by a consumer and a merchant engaging in a sales transaction upon an account provided to the consumer by an issuer, a method comprising a plurality of steps each being performed by hardware executing software, wherein the steps include:
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an issuer receiving a non-sales related request that was sent by a merchant through the payment processing system; the issuer performing acts in response to the non-sales related request; the issuer formulating a reply related to the acts; and the issuer sending the reply through the payment processing system. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. In a payment processing system in which a transaction expediter processes a plurality of sales transactions each characterized by a consumer and a merchant engaging in a sales transaction upon an account within the payment processing system, wherein an issuer has provided the account to the consumer, a method comprising a plurality of steps each being performed by hardware executing software, wherein the steps include:
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defining at least one restriction to be applied to transactions involving a given account, wherein the at least one restriction is non-monetary and non-temporal; for a given transaction involving the given account, determining whether the given transaction conforms with each restriction; and if the given transaction conforms with every restriction, approving the given transaction. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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