Media device payments remote control personalization and protection
First Claim
1. A payment card company server, comprising:
- a memory; and
a processing module coupled to the memory, wherein the processing module is operable to;
receive, from a user, an application for establishing a user payment account, the user payment account being usable for making purchases using a media device;
process the application to generate a processed application;
communicate, when the application is approved, a user payment account identifier to a media server service provider, the user payment account identifier identifying the user payment account;
receive a device identification number of the media device; and
provide the device identification number and the user payment account information to a payment card personalization service, the payment card personalization service storing association information, on a payment card, between the user payment account and the media device.
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Abstract
A server is operable to receive a media device identifying number (ID) and to create an established association between the media device with a payment account and to support at least one of payment authorization and payment clearing based at least in part on the media device ID and the payment account. The server is further operable to produce the payment account information to a smart card personalization service server to facilitate creation of a smart card with the payment account information that is associated with the media device. The server is also operable to produce the media device ID to the smart card personalization service server to facilitate creation of a smart card with the payment account information based in part on the media device ID.
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17 Claims
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1. A payment card company server, comprising:
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a memory; and a processing module coupled to the memory, wherein the processing module is operable to; receive, from a user, an application for establishing a user payment account, the user payment account being usable for making purchases using a media device; process the application to generate a processed application; communicate, when the application is approved, a user payment account identifier to a media server service provider, the user payment account identifier identifying the user payment account; receive a device identification number of the media device; and provide the device identification number and the user payment account information to a payment card personalization service, the payment card personalization service storing association information, on a payment card, between the user payment account and the media device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a payment card processor server, an application for establishing a payment account for making purchases through a media device; processing, by the payment card processor server, the application; transmitting, by the payment card processor server, when the application has been approved, an approved application indication to at least one of a first remote server to initiate a payment card generation process and to a second remote server to initiate an order for the media device; obtaining, by the payment card processor server, an identification number of the media device; and creating, by the payment card processor server, an association between the payment account and the media device based on the identification number. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a payment card processing server configured to receive a request from a user for opening a payment account; and a financial institution server configured to; receive the request for opening the payment account; determine whether to approve or deny opening of the payment account; communicate payment account information to a payment card personalization service server if the request for opening the payment account is approved; communicate approval of the payment account to the payment card processing server; receive an identification number associated with a user media device and communicate the identification number to the payment card personalization service server; wherein the payment card personalization service server is configured to; generate a payment card; and associate the payment card with the user media device using the identification number. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions that when executed by a processor embedded in a computer system cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
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receiving, from a user, an application for establishing a user payment account, the user payment account being usable for making purchases using a media device; processing the application to generate a processed application; communicating, when the application is approved, a user payment account identifier to a media server service provider, the user payment account identifier identifying the user payment account; receiving a device identification number of the media device; and providing the device identification number and the user payment account information to a payment card personalization service, the payment card personalization service storing association information, on a payment card, between the user payment account and the media device.
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