PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS USING PAYEE ACCOUNT ALIASES
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a payment request from a payment sender via a communication from a remote device, wherein the payment request comprises an alias, wherein the alias is not a financial account number, and wherein the payment sender is associated with a payment sender'"'"'s financial account;
using a processor to identify a payment recipient'"'"'s financial account based at least partially on the alias; and
transferring funds from the payment sender'"'"'s financial account to the payment recipient'"'"'s financial account.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a system and method for using aliases, such as mobile telephone numbers, email addresses, and social networking identifications, to identify a payment recipient'"'"'s account involved in a payment transaction. Some embodiments of the method include: (1) receiving a payment request from a payment sender via a communication from a remote device, where the payment request includes an alias, and where the alias is not an account number; (2) using a processor to identify a payment recipient'"'"'s financial account based at least partially on the alias; and (3) transferring funds from the payment sender'"'"'s account to the payment recipient'"'"'s account. Identifying the payment recipient'"'"'s financial account based on the alias may include accessing a memory device having a data repository stored therein that maps each of a plurality of aliases back to a financial account number, and then using the data repository in combination with the alias to identify the payment recipient'"'"'s financial account number.
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68 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a payment request from a payment sender via a communication from a remote device, wherein the payment request comprises an alias, wherein the alias is not a financial account number, and wherein the payment sender is associated with a payment sender'"'"'s financial account; using a processor to identify a payment recipient'"'"'s financial account based at least partially on the alias; and transferring funds from the payment sender'"'"'s financial account to the payment recipient'"'"'s financial account. - 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)
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29. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one communication interface configured to receive a payment request from a payment sender via a communication from a remote device, wherein the payment request comprises an alias, wherein the alias is not a financial account number, and wherein the payment sender is associated with a payment sender'"'"'s financial account; at least one processor communicably coupled to the at least one communication interface; and at least one memory communicably coupled to the at least one processor and having stored thereon executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to; identify a payment recipient'"'"'s financial account based at least partially on the alias; and transfer funds from the payment sender'"'"'s financial account to the payment recipient'"'"'s financial account. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions stored therein, wherein the computer executable instructions comprise:
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instructions operable to receive a payment request from a payment sender via a communication from a remote device, wherein the payment request comprises an alias, wherein the alias is not a financial account number, and wherein the payment sender is associated with a payment sender'"'"'s financial account; instructions operable to identify a payment recipient'"'"'s financial account based at least partially on the alias; and instructions operable to transfer funds from the payment sender'"'"'s financial account to the payment recipient'"'"'s financial account. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A method of making a payment, the method comprising:
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sending a communication from a payment sender to a remote device, wherein the communication comprises a payment request and an alias, wherein the alias is not a financial account number, wherein the payment sender is associated with a payment sender'"'"'s financial account, and wherein the remote device identifies a payment recipient'"'"'s financial account based at least partially on the alias and then transfers funds from the payment sender'"'"'s financial account to the payment recipient'"'"'s financial account. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68)
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