System and method for distribution of payment media
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1. A method for distributing payment media to a customer, the method comprising:
- at a server of a transaction service provider, receiving a request for generation, activation, and distribution of payment media from a user via a network;
in a processor coupled to the server, generating a virtual payment number and associating the virtual payment number to a user account related to the user and maintained at the transaction service provider;
in the processor, setting one or more user defined payment parameters for the virtual payment number based on user information passed with the request for payment media from the user, the payment parameters including one or more of permitted number of uses, spending limits, and authorized users of the payment media, and authorized merchants at which the payment media can be used;
in the processor, associating the virtual payment number to a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip embedded in a sticker as the requested payment media;
activating the RFID chip; and
,distributing the sticker having the embedded RFID chip to the user,wherein the user defined payment can be changed by the user at any time before or after activation of the RFID chip.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide a method for distributing payment media to a customer. In various embodiments, the systems and methods include receiving a request from a user via a network, generating a virtual payment number related to the user, associating the virtual payment number to an RFID chip embedded in a sticker, and distributing the sticker to the user via, for example, the mail.
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1. A method for distributing payment media to a customer, the method comprising:
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at a server of a transaction service provider, receiving a request for generation, activation, and distribution of payment media from a user via a network; in a processor coupled to the server, generating a virtual payment number and associating the virtual payment number to a user account related to the user and maintained at the transaction service provider; in the processor, setting one or more user defined payment parameters for the virtual payment number based on user information passed with the request for payment media from the user, the payment parameters including one or more of permitted number of uses, spending limits, and authorized users of the payment media, and authorized merchants at which the payment media can be used; in the processor, associating the virtual payment number to a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip embedded in a sticker as the requested payment media; activating the RFID chip; and
,distributing the sticker having the embedded RFID chip to the user, wherein the user defined payment can be changed by the user at any time before or after activation of the RFID chip. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for distributing payment media to a customer, the system comprising:
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at a server of a transaction service provider, means for receiving a request for generation, activation, and distribution of payment media from a user via a network; in a processor coupled to the server, means for generating a virtual payment number and associating the virtual payment number to a user account related to the user and maintained at the transaction service provider; in the processor, means for setting one or more user defined payment parameters for the virtual payment number based on user information passed with the request for payment media from the user, the payment parameters including one or more of permitted number of uses, spending limits, and authorized users of the payment media, and authorized merchants at which the payment media can be used; in the processor, means for associating the virtual payment number to a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip embedded in a sticker as the requested payment media; means for activating the RFID chip; and
,means for distributing the sticker having the embedded RFID chip to the user, wherein the user defined payment parameters can be changed by the user at any time before or after activation of the RFID chip. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for distributing payment media to a customer, the system comprising:
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a first component of a transaction service provider adapted to communicate with the customer via a network; and
,a second component of the transaction service provider adapted to receive a request for generation, activation, and distribution of payment media from the customer via the network, generate a payment number and associate the payment number to a customer account related to the customer and maintained at the transaction service provider, set customer defined payment parameters for the payment number based on customer information passed with the request for payment media from the customer, the payment parameters including one or more of permitted number of uses, spending limits, and authorized users of the payment media, and authorized merchants at which the payment media can be used, associate the payment number to a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip, couple the RFID chip to a sticker as the requested payment media, activate the RFID chip, and distribute the sticker having the coupled RFID chip to the customer, wherein the user defined payment parameters can be changed by the user at any time before or after activation of the RFID chip. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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