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Validation gateway

  • US 6,160,874 A
  • Filed: 10/21/1997
  • Issued: 12/12/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for billing a customer credit card account, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) receiving by a validation gateway a validation request message containing transaction data from a caller interaction processor;

    (b) converting said validation request message from a client server protocol to a packet switching network protocol;

    (c) sending a card request message from said validation gateway to a financial processor for authorization to charge to said customer credit card account;

    (d) receiving by said validation gateway a card reply message from said financial processor;

    (e) converting from said packet switching network protocol to said client server protocol;

    (f) sending a validation response message from said validation gateway to said caller interaction processor;

    (g) writing by said validation gateway a billing data record; and

    (h) sending said billing data record from said validation gateway to a network information distribution service database server, including sending by a validation module of a validation computer program on said validation gateway a billing data record write request to a non-blocking application modules, sending by said non-blocking application module said billing data record write request to a client process module, sending by said client process module a billing data record write request to a billing data record service, sending by said billing data record service a billing data record write response to a demultiplex process module, sending by said demultiplex process module a billing data record write response to said client process, sending by said client process module a billing data record write response to said non-blocking application module, and sending by said non-blocking application module a billing data record write response to said validation module.

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