ENHANCED TRANSACTION PROCESSING
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of managing customer incentives in a payment processing system comprising:
- associating a customer identifier with a payment account of a customer in a database of the payment processing system;
receiving, at the payment processing system, activity information associated with an activity of the customer, wherein the activity information includes the customer identifier;
identifying an incentive based on the received activity information and the customer identifier and linking the incentive to the payment account in the database;
retrieving the incentive from the database, based on the payment account, in response to receiving a request to authorize a transaction using the payment account, wherein the request includes identification of the payment account; and
applying the incentive to the transaction by the payment processing system if one or more criteria are satisfied.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer-executable instructions for managing customer incentives in a payment processing system are provided. An exemplary method includes associating a customer identifier with a payment account of a customer in a database of the payment processing system. The method includes receiving activity information associated with an activity of the customer, identifying an incentive based on the received activity information and the customer identifier, and linking the incentive to the payment account in the database. In response to receiving a request to authorize a transaction using the payment account, the incentive is retrieved from the database and applied to the transaction if criteria are satisfied.
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38 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of managing customer incentives in a payment processing system comprising:
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associating a customer identifier with a payment account of a customer in a database of the payment processing system; receiving, at the payment processing system, activity information associated with an activity of the customer, wherein the activity information includes the customer identifier; identifying an incentive based on the received activity information and the customer identifier and linking the incentive to the payment account in the database; retrieving the incentive from the database, based on the payment account, in response to receiving a request to authorize a transaction using the payment account, wherein the request includes identification of the payment account; and applying the incentive to the transaction by the payment processing system if one or more criteria are satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A transaction processing system comprising:
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a database; a communication module configured to; receive activity information associated with an activity of a customer; and receive a request to authorize a transaction using a payment account of the customer; a linking module configured to; associate a customer identifier with the payment account in the database; identify an incentive based on the received activity information and the customer identifier; and link the incentive to the payment account in the database; and a transaction module configured to; retrieve the incentive from the database in response to the received request to authorize the transaction; and apply the incentive to the transaction if a rule is satisfied, wherein the incentive includes one or more of an adjustment to an amount of the transaction and a credit to the payment account. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors direct the one or more computer processors to:
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associate a customer identifier with a payment account of a customer in a database; receive activity information associated with an activity of the customer; identify an incentive for the customer based on the received activity information and the customer identifier and link the incentive to the payment account in the database; receive a request to authorize a transaction using the payment account; and apply the incentive to the transaction if one or more rules are satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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