Method for providing bank card transaction data

• US 6,230,145 B1
• Filed: 11/03/1998
• Issued: 05/08/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: First Data Corporation (Fiserv Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: First Data Corporation (Fiserv Incorporated)
• Inventors: Cannon, Jonathan Michael, Verderamo, Richard James
• Primary Examiner(s): Millin, Vincent
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, JAGDISH
• Application Number:
  US09/185,877
• Time in Patent Office: 917 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1, 705/26, 705/29, 705/30, 705/34, 705/35, 705/39, 705/40
• US Class Current: 705/35
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/20 Automatic teller machines [ATMs]

Abstract

A method of providing bank transaction data for a merchant via the Internet includes displaying on a computer connected to a host a graphical user interface having a plurality of payment services categories. Each of the payment services categories is associated with a processing function performed by the host. One of the payment services categories is then selected. A graphical user interface having links associated with the selected one of the payment services categories is then displayed on the computer. One of the links is then selected. A graphical user interface having entry boxes associated with the selected one of the links is then displayed on the computer. Requested information is then entered into the entry boxes. The requested information entered into the entry boxes is then processed at the host. A graphical user interface having bank card transaction data associated with the processed requested information is then displayed on the computer.

Claims

1. A method of providing bank transaction data for a merchant via the Internet, the method comprising:

compiling bank transaction data for merchants into a plurality of processing functions at a host;

routing the bank transaction data for the merchants from the host to a server operable with the Internet;

displaying on a client station connected to the server via the Internet a graphical user interface having a plurality of payment services categories, wherein each of the payment services categories is associated with a processing function performed by the host, wherein the payment services categories include a sales &

funding category, a chargebacks category, and a media retrieval category;

selecting one of the payment services categories using the client station;

displaying on the client station a graphical user interface having links associated with the selected one of the payment services categories, wherein the sales &

funding category includes a funding information link, the chargebacks category includes a chargeback list link, and the media retrieval category includes a media retrieval list link;

selecting one of the links using the client station;

displaying on the client station a graphical user interface having entry boxes associated with the selected one of the links;

entering requested information into the entry boxes;

processing at the host the bank transaction data in response to the requested information entered into the entry boxes; and

displaying on the client station a graphical user interface having bank card transaction data associated with the requested information.