Systems and methods for making payments from selected funding sources
First Claim
1. A method for operating a payment service provider, the method comprising:
- providing a server having at least one processor; and
using the at least one processor to perform a method comprising;
associating the identity of a buyer with each of a plurality of payment source accounts of the buyer to form a corresponding plurality of buyer-identity/buyer'"'"'s-payment-source-account associations;
assigning a unique number to each of the associations;
storing the associations and their corresponding unique numbers in a database of the payment service provider;
receiving an authorization from the buyer to make a payment from a selected one of the buyer'"'"'s payment source accounts to a designated seller'"'"'s payment depository account, the authorization including a specified payment amount and the unique number associated with the selected buyer'"'"'s payment source account from which the buyer desires the payment to be made; and
effecting a transfer of the specified payment amount from the selected buyer'"'"'s payment source account to the designated seller'"'"'s account.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for operating a payment service provider include storing information associating the identity of a buyer with a plurality of the buyer'"'"'s payment source accounts and a plurality of personal identity numbers (PINs) respectively associated therewith in a database of the payment service provider. Upon receipt of an authorization from the buyer that includes a specified payment amount and the associated PIN of the selected buyer'"'"'s account from which the payment is to be made, a transaction device of the service provider is operable to effect a transfer of the specified payment amount from the selected buyer'"'"'s account to the designated seller'"'"'s account.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for operating a payment service provider, the method comprising:
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providing a server having at least one processor; and using the at least one processor to perform a method comprising; associating the identity of a buyer with each of a plurality of payment source accounts of the buyer to form a corresponding plurality of buyer-identity/buyer'"'"'s-payment-source-account associations; assigning a unique number to each of the associations; storing the associations and their corresponding unique numbers in a database of the payment service provider; receiving an authorization from the buyer to make a payment from a selected one of the buyer'"'"'s payment source accounts to a designated seller'"'"'s payment depository account, the authorization including a specified payment amount and the unique number associated with the selected buyer'"'"'s payment source account from which the buyer desires the payment to be made; and effecting a transfer of the specified payment amount from the selected buyer'"'"'s payment source account to the designated seller'"'"'s account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of a server, are adapted to cause the server to perform a method comprising:
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associating the identity of a buyer with each of a plurality of payment source accounts of the buyer to form a corresponding plurality of buyer-identity/buyer'"'"'s-payment-source-account associations; assigning a unique number to each of the associations; storing the associations and their corresponding unique numbers in a database of a payment service provider; receiving an authorization from the buyer to make a payment from a selected one of the buyer'"'"'s payment source accounts to a designated seller'"'"'s payment depository account, the authorization including a specified payment amount and the unique number associated with the selected buyer'"'"'s payment source account from which the buyer desires the payment to be made; and effecting a transfer of the specified payment amount from the selected buyer'"'"'s payment source account to the designated seller'"'"'s account. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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