Credit Card Transaction Methods Employing Wireless Terminal Location and Registered Purchasing Locations
First Claim
1. A computer-readable storage medium, for use at a credit card transaction server and in connection with a profile database, having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, for authorizing a credit card transaction, comprising:
- receiving information concerning a prospective remote credit card transaction with a credit card and including a credit card number associated with the credit card and a telephone number of a telephone used to initiate the prospective remote credit card transaction;
obtaining first location information corresponding to a first wireless terminal, of a plurality of wireless terminals associated with a registered cardholder of the credit card, the first location information indicating a location of the first wireless terminal;
obtaining second location information corresponding to a second wireless terminal of the plurality of wireless terminals associated with the registered cardholder of the credit card, the second location information indicating a location of the second wireless terminal;
correlating both the first location and the second location, of the first location information and the second location information, respectively, with a registered purchasing location associated with the registered cardholder;
generating authorization information for the prospective remote credit card transaction in response to a result of correlating the first location and the second location and the registered purchasing location; and
retrieving a profile associated with the credit card number from the profile database in response to receiving the information concerning the prospective transaction does not correspond to the telephone number associated with the registered purchasing location.
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Abstract
A credit card transaction authorization method includes receiving information concerning a prospective remote credit card transaction with a credit card, obtaining location information from a wireless network provider for a wireless terminal that is associated with a cardholder of the credit card for the prospective credit card transaction, and correlating a location of the wireless terminal with a registered purchasing location associated with the user. Authorization information for the prospective credit card transaction may be generated in response to a result of the correlation of the location of the wireless terminal and the registered purchasing location.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-readable storage medium, for use at a credit card transaction server and in connection with a profile database, having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, for authorizing a credit card transaction, comprising:
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receiving information concerning a prospective remote credit card transaction with a credit card and including a credit card number associated with the credit card and a telephone number of a telephone used to initiate the prospective remote credit card transaction; obtaining first location information corresponding to a first wireless terminal, of a plurality of wireless terminals associated with a registered cardholder of the credit card, the first location information indicating a location of the first wireless terminal; obtaining second location information corresponding to a second wireless terminal of the plurality of wireless terminals associated with the registered cardholder of the credit card, the second location information indicating a location of the second wireless terminal; correlating both the first location and the second location, of the first location information and the second location information, respectively, with a registered purchasing location associated with the registered cardholder; generating authorization information for the prospective remote credit card transaction in response to a result of correlating the first location and the second location and the registered purchasing location; and retrieving a profile associated with the credit card number from the profile database in response to receiving the information concerning the prospective transaction does not correspond to the telephone number associated with the registered purchasing location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A credit card transaction server, for authorizing a credit card transaction, comprising:
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a processor; and a computer-readable medium being in communication with the processor having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations; receiving information concerning a prospective remote credit card transaction with a credit card and including a credit card number associated with the credit card and a telephone number of a telephone used to initiate the prospective remote credit card transaction; obtaining first location information corresponding to a first wireless terminal, of a plurality of wireless terminals associated with a registered cardholder of the credit card, the first location information indicating a location of the first wireless terminal; obtaining second location information corresponding to a second wireless terminal of the plurality of wireless terminals associated with the registered cardholder of the credit card, the second location information indicating a location of the second wireless terminal; correlating both the first location and the second location, of the first location information and the second location information, respectively, with a registered purchasing location associated with the registered cardholder; generating authorization information for the prospective remote credit card transaction in response to a result of correlating the first location and the second location and the registered purchasing location; and retrieving a profile associated with the credit card number from a profile database in response to receiving the information concerning the prospective transaction does not correspond to the telephone number associated with the registered purchasing location. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method, for authorizing a credit card transaction, comprising:
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receiving, by a credit card transaction interface, information concerning a prospective remote credit card transaction with a credit card, the information including a credit card number associated with the credit card and a telephone number of a telephone used to initiate the prospective remote credit card transaction; obtaining, by a wireless network interface, first location information corresponding to a first wireless terminal of a plurality of wireless terminals associated with a registered cardholder of the credit card, the first location information indicating a location of the first wireless terminal; obtaining, by the wireless network interface, second location information corresponding to a second wireless terminal of the plurality of wireless terminals associated with the registered cardholder of the credit card, the second location information indicating a location of the second wireless terminal; correlating, by a credit card transaction authorizing processor, both the first location and the second location, of the first location information and the second location information, respectively, with a registered purchasing location associated with the registered cardholder; generating, by a credit card transaction authorizing processor, authorization information for the prospective remote credit card transaction in response to a result of the correlation of the locations of the plurality of wireless terminals and the registered purchasing location; generating, by the credit card transaction authorizing processor, authorization information for the prospective remote credit card transaction in response to a result of correlating the first location and the second location and the registered purchasing location; retrieving, by the credit card transaction authorization processor, a profile associated with the credit card number from a profile database in response to receiving the information concerning the prospective remote credit card transaction, wherein the profile associated with the credit card number comprises a wireless terminal identification number associated with the first wireless terminal of the plurality of wireless terminals, an identification of the registered purchasing location, and an identification of a telephone number associated with the registered purchasing location; determining, by the credit card transaction authorization processor, whether both (a) the first location, corresponding to the first wireless terminal of the plurality of wireless terminals associated with the registered cardholder, and (b) second location, corresponding to the second wireless terminal of the plurality of wireless terminals associated with the registered cardholder, relate sufficiently to the registered purchasing location; processing, by the credit card transaction authorization processor, in response to determining that both (a) the first location, corresponding to the first wireless terminal of the plurality of wireless terminals associated with the registered cardholder, and (b) the second location, corresponding to the second wireless terminal of the plurality of wireless terminals associated with the registered cardholder, do not relate sufficiently to the registered purchasing location, additional authentication information concerning the prospective remote credit card transaction, wherein the additional authentication information comprises an authorization code; and comparing, by the credit card transaction authorization processor, the telephone number of the telephone used to initiate the prospective remote credit card transaction with the telephone number associated with the registered purchasing location. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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