OFFER MANAGEMENT AND SETTLEMENT IN A PAYMENT NETWORK WITH TRANSACTION DATA
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1. A method, comprising:
- issuing an offer to a consumer, the offer being associated with the consumer and including at least one action for acceptance;
reserving an offer amount associated with the offer and a reservation account;
initiating a transaction between the consumer and a merchant, the transaction including the action to accept the offer and an identification of at least one good or service purchased in the transaction;
communicating an identification of the at least one good or service to a payment network;
debiting the reservation account the offer amount associated with the offer;
crediting at least one of a consumer account and a merchant account the offer amount associated with the offer.
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Abstract
A payment network for facilitating transactions involves management of offers and accounts associated with a consumer. During a transaction, the payment network can associate one or more offers and accounts in settling a transaction. Once the offer and accounts have been associated with the transaction, the payment network can adjust a transaction amount and/or identify amounts to be debited for each account associated with the transaction.
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22 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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issuing an offer to a consumer, the offer being associated with the consumer and including at least one action for acceptance; reserving an offer amount associated with the offer and a reservation account; initiating a transaction between the consumer and a merchant, the transaction including the action to accept the offer and an identification of at least one good or service purchased in the transaction; communicating an identification of the at least one good or service to a payment network; debiting the reservation account the offer amount associated with the offer; crediting at least one of a consumer account and a merchant account the offer amount associated with the offer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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