Verification of portable consumer devices
First Claim
1. A verification token that obtains a device verification value for a transaction conducted using a portable consumer device, the verification token comprising:
- a peripheral interface adapted to couple to a peripheral interface of a computer;
a reader adapted to read identification information from portable consumer devices;
a computer-readable medium;
a data processor electrically coupled to the peripheral interface of the verification token, the reader, and the computer-readable medium;
code embodied on the computer-readable medium that directs the data processor to receive identification information read from a portable consumer device by the reader for the transaction, the identification information including an account number and a first device verification value provided by the portable consumer device;
code embodied on the computer-readable medium that directs the data processor to communicate with a computer by way of the peripheral interface of the verification token and to access to a networking facility of the computer;
code embodied on the computer-readable medium that directs the data processor to establish, using the networking facility of the computer, communications with an entity that can provide a second device verification value;
code embodied on the computer-readable medium that directs the data processor to transmit at least the account number and the first device verification value of the received identification information to the entity by way of the networking facility of the computer; and
code embodied on the computer-readable medium that directs the data processor to receive, after transmitting said identification information, the second device verification value for the transaction from the entity by way of the networking facility of the computer, wherein the second device verification value is configured to be enterable in a card-verification value field of a merchant web page.
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Abstract
Apparatuses, methods, and systems pertaining to the verification of portable consumer devices are disclosed. In one implementation, a verification token is coupled to a computer by a USB connection so as to use the computer'"'"'s networking facilities. The verification token reads identification information from a user'"'"'s portable consumer device (e.g., credit card) and sends the information to a validation entry over a communications network using the computer'"'"'s networking facilities. The validation entity applies one or more validation tests to the information that it receives from the verification token. If a selected number of tests are passed, the validation entity sends a device verification value to the verification token, and optionally to a payment processing network. The verification token may enter the device verification value into a CVV field of a web page appearing on the computer'"'"'s display, or may display the value to the user using the computer'"'"'s display.
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20 Claims
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1. A verification token that obtains a device verification value for a transaction conducted using a portable consumer device, the verification token comprising:
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a peripheral interface adapted to couple to a peripheral interface of a computer; a reader adapted to read identification information from portable consumer devices; a computer-readable medium; a data processor electrically coupled to the peripheral interface of the verification token, the reader, and the computer-readable medium; code embodied on the computer-readable medium that directs the data processor to receive identification information read from a portable consumer device by the reader for the transaction, the identification information including an account number and a first device verification value provided by the portable consumer device; code embodied on the computer-readable medium that directs the data processor to communicate with a computer by way of the peripheral interface of the verification token and to access to a networking facility of the computer; code embodied on the computer-readable medium that directs the data processor to establish, using the networking facility of the computer, communications with an entity that can provide a second device verification value; code embodied on the computer-readable medium that directs the data processor to transmit at least the account number and the first device verification value of the received identification information to the entity by way of the networking facility of the computer; and code embodied on the computer-readable medium that directs the data processor to receive, after transmitting said identification information, the second device verification value for the transaction from the entity by way of the networking facility of the computer, wherein the second device verification value is configured to be enterable in a card-verification value field of a merchant web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of obtaining a device verification value for a transaction conducted using a portable consumer device, the method comprising:
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establishing a communications link between a verification token and a computer, the computer having a networking facility; establishing, using the networking facility of the computer, a communications session between the verification token and an entity that can provide a device verification value; reading identification information from a portable consumer device into the verification token for the transaction, the read information including an account number and a first device verification value; transmitting, the read identification information from the verification token to the entity through the communications session, the read identification information being transmitted to the entity in an encrypted form; and after transmitting the read identification information, receiving, at the verification token, a second device verification value for the transaction from the entity by way of the communications session, wherein the second device verification value is configured to be enterable in a card-verification value field of a merchant web page. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of conducting a transaction, the method comprising:
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coupling a verification token to a computer using a peripheral interface of the computer, the computer having a networking facility, the verification token comprising a peripheral interface adapted to couple to the peripheral interface of the computer, a reader adapted to read identification information from portable consumer devices, a computer-readable medium, and a data processor, the verification token being configured to read, identification information that includes an account number and a first device verification value of a portable consumer device using the reader and to obtain a second device verification value therefor from a first entity using the networking facility of the computer; presenting a portable consumer device to the reader of the verification token to provide the token with an account number and the first device verification value for the transaction and to obtain the second device verification value for the portable consumer device, wherein the second device verification value is configured to be enterable in a card-verification value field of a merchant web page; and providing the obtained second device verification value to a second entity as part of conducting the transaction. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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