System and Methods for Party Authentication and Credit Assessment in Electronic Purchasing
First Claim
1. A method for authorizing an online transaction over a data communications network, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for a transaction from a user via the network, said transaction request relating to a purchase order;
receiving at least one user identifier;
determining if the user identifier provides sufficient information about an identity of said user to fulfill the transaction;
requesting additional one or more user identifiers until it is determined that there is sufficient information to fulfill the transaction; and
authorizing the transaction if there is sufficient information for transaction fulfillment.
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Abstract
In certain embodiments, systems and methods may authorize an online transaction over a data communications network, including receiving a request for a transaction from a user via the network where the transaction request relates to a purchase order. Some embodiments include receiving a user identifier, determining if the user identifier provides sufficient information about an identity of said user to fulfill the transaction, requesting additional user identifiers until it is determined that there is sufficient information to fulfill the transaction, and authorizing the transaction if there is sufficient information for transaction fulfillment.
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67 Claims
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1. A method for authorizing an online transaction over a data communications network, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for a transaction from a user via the network, said transaction request relating to a purchase order; receiving at least one user identifier; determining if the user identifier provides sufficient information about an identity of said user to fulfill the transaction; requesting additional one or more user identifiers until it is determined that there is sufficient information to fulfill the transaction; and authorizing the transaction if there is sufficient information for transaction fulfillment. - 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, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for authorizing an online transaction over a data communications network, the system comprising:
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a server in communication with a merchant system via the data communications network; wherein the server is configured to; receive a request for a transaction from a user device of a user via the network, said transaction request relating to a purchase order; receive at least one user identifier from a user via the data communications network; determine if the user identifier provides sufficient information about the identity of said user to fulfill the transaction; request additional one or more user identifiers until it is determined that there is sufficient information to fulfill the transaction; and authorize the transaction if there is sufficient information for transaction fulfillment. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A method for authorizing an online transaction over a network, the method comprising:
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via a server in communication with at least one data storage and the network, receiving a request for a transaction from at least one user via the network, said transaction request relating to a purchase order; receiving at least one user identifier corresponding to the at least one user requesting the transaction via the network; determining if the received user identifier provides sufficient information about an identity of said user to fulfill the transaction; if the determination is negative, requesting additional one or more user identifiers corresponding to the at least one user; receiving the additional one or more user identifiers corresponding to the at least one user; and determining if the received additional one or more of the requested user identifiers provides sufficient information about an identity of said user to fulfill the transaction; authorizing the transaction if there is sufficient information for transaction fulfillment; and requesting payment from the user via the network, after authorizing the transaction.
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