METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SERVICES AND REPORTING OF SALES
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a server from a merchant employing a mobile device, a request for custom credit card sales account information, wherein the request comprises an indication of a particular reporting type of the custom credit card sales account information;
requesting, by the server from a financial service provider, credit card sales account information, wherein the financial service provider is different than an entity hosting the server;
receiving, by the server from the financial service provider, the credit card sales account information;
filtering, by the server, the credit card sales account information based on the particular reporting type;
generating, by the server, a filtered custom credit card sales account based on the filtering; and
providing, by the server to the mobile device, the filtered custom credit card sales account information.
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Abstract
A request for custom credit card sales account information is received at a server from a merchant employing a mobile device. The request includes an indication of a particular reporting type of the custom credit card sales account information. The server requests credit card sales account information from a financial service provider. The financial service provider is different than an entity hosting the server. The server receives the credit card sales account information from the financial service provider. The server filters the credit card sales account information based on the particular reporting type. The server generates a filtered custom credit card sales account based on the filtering. The server provides the filtered custom credit card sales account information to the mobile device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a server from a merchant employing a mobile device, a request for custom credit card sales account information, wherein the request comprises an indication of a particular reporting type of the custom credit card sales account information; requesting, by the server from a financial service provider, credit card sales account information, wherein the financial service provider is different than an entity hosting the server; receiving, by the server from the financial service provider, the credit card sales account information; filtering, by the server, the credit card sales account information based on the particular reporting type; generating, by the server, a filtered custom credit card sales account based on the filtering; and providing, by the server to the mobile device, the filtered custom credit card sales account information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a server from a merchant employing a device, a request for a processing card industry compliance certificate; authenticating, by the server, the device; transmitting, by the server to the device, a processing card industry compliance questionnaire comprising a plurality of questions; receiving, by the server, one or more responses to the plurality of questions; verifying, by the server, the one or more responses; processing, by the server, the one or more responses in order to determine whether or not the merchant complies with a processing card industry compliance requirement; and providing, by the server, a processing card industry compliance certificate to the device in response to determining that the merchant complies with the processing card industry compliance requirement. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a server from a merchant employing a mobile device, a first request for credit card sales account information; requesting, by the server from a financial service provider, credit card sales account information, wherein the financial service provider is different than an entity hosting the server; receiving, by the server from the financial service provider, the credit card sales account information; providing, by the server to the mobile device, the credit card sales account information; receiving, by the server, a second request from the merchant employing the mobile device to provide a prepaid card account loaded with available funds based on the credit card sales account information; creating, by the server, the prepaid card account by loading the prepaid card account with an amount of funds in an amount of the available funds; maintaining, by the server, transactional information associated with the prepaid card account; detecting, by the server, a transaction that is processed on the prepaid card account; and providing, by the server, an alert to the mobile device in response to the detecting. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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