Method and system for securing payment transactions
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1. A method for processing a PIN-debit transaction conducted at a website operated by a merchant comprising the steps of:
- receiving from a consumer in connection with a registration event, a mobile PIN and a card number associated therewith, the mobile PIN and the card number received at a PIN-debit service computing device;
in association with the registration event, receiving, at the PIN-debit service computing device from an issuer bank, an alternate PIN associated with the card number;
receiving payment data at a payment acquirer computing device, the payment data received from a server hosting the website, the payment data comprising the card number;
analyzing the payment data with the payment acquirer computing device to identify the payment data as associated with a transaction of the PIN-debit type;
upon identifying the payment data as associated with the PIN-debit type of transaction, forwarding the payment data from the payment acquirer computing device to the PIN-debit service computing device, the PIN-debit service computing device;
communicating a primary approval request to a mobile telephone of the consumer;
after receiving a primary approval response from the consumer'"'"'s mobile telephone, the PIN-debit service computing device adding the alternate PIN to the payment data, and transmitting the payment data and the alternate PIN to a debit network for processing;
transmitting a secondary confirmation request to the consumer; and
after receiving from the consumer a secondary confirmation response to the secondary confirmation request, the PIN-debit service computing device transmitting a payment confirmation to the merchant.
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Abstract
A method for facilitating the widespread use of the PIN-Debit payment method for Internet “eCommerce” and mobile payments sales which requires little or no change for the cardholders, merchants, debit networks and card issuers based primarily on the introduction of a layer of middleware and wherein the Debit Networks and Issuing Banks may customize the implementation of the services based on individual strategy and cardholder preferences.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for processing a PIN-debit transaction conducted at a website operated by a merchant comprising the steps of:
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receiving from a consumer in connection with a registration event, a mobile PIN and a card number associated therewith, the mobile PIN and the card number received at a PIN-debit service computing device; in association with the registration event, receiving, at the PIN-debit service computing device from an issuer bank, an alternate PIN associated with the card number; receiving payment data at a payment acquirer computing device, the payment data received from a server hosting the website, the payment data comprising the card number; analyzing the payment data with the payment acquirer computing device to identify the payment data as associated with a transaction of the PIN-debit type; upon identifying the payment data as associated with the PIN-debit type of transaction, forwarding the payment data from the payment acquirer computing device to the PIN-debit service computing device, the PIN-debit service computing device; communicating a primary approval request to a mobile telephone of the consumer; after receiving a primary approval response from the consumer'"'"'s mobile telephone, the PIN-debit service computing device adding the alternate PIN to the payment data, and transmitting the payment data and the alternate PIN to a debit network for processing; transmitting a secondary confirmation request to the consumer; and after receiving from the consumer a secondary confirmation response to the secondary confirmation request, the PIN-debit service computing device transmitting a payment confirmation to the merchant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 20)
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13. A system operable for processing a PIN-debit transaction conducted at a website operated by a merchant comprising:
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a PIN-debit service computing device operable for receiving, in connection with a registration, a mobile PIN and a card number associated therewith; the PIN-debit service computing device further operable for receiving from an issuer bank, in association with the registration, an alternate PIN associated with the card number; the PIN-debit service computing device further operable for receiving from a customer, in association with the registration, a secondary confirmation rule associated with the card number, the secondary confirmation rule stored as a time setting; an acquirer computing device operable for receiving a transaction record from the merchant, the transaction record comprising the card number, and operable for determining that the transaction record represents a PIN-debit transaction; and the PIN-debit service computing device further operable for receiving the transaction record from the acquirer computing device, the transaction record representing a PIN-debit transaction, the PIN-debit service computing device further operable for communicating with a mobile telephone of the customer to obtain a primary approval for the transaction record, after receiving the primary approval from the customer mobile telephone, adding the alternate PIN to the transaction record, forwarding the transaction record with the alternate PIN to a debit network for processing; transmitting a secondary confirmation request to the customer; and after receiving from the customer a secondary confirmation response to the secondary confirmation request, the PIN-debit service computing device transmitting a merchant confirmation to the merchant. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for processing a PIN-debit transaction conducted at a website operated by a merchant comprising the steps of:
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receiving from a consumer in connection with a registration event, a mobile PIN and a card number associated therewith, the mobile PIN and the card number received at a PIN-debit service computing device; in association with the registration event, receiving, at the PIN-debit service computing device from an issuer bank, an alternate PIN associated with the card number; receiving payment data at a payment acquirer computing device, the payment data received from a server hosting the website, the payment data comprising the card number; analyzing the payment data with the payment acquirer computing device to identify the payment data as associated with a transaction of the PIN-debit type; upon identifying the payment data as associated with the PIN-debit type of transaction, forwarding the payment data from the payment acquirer computing device to the PIN-debit service computing device, the PIN-debit service computing device; communicating an approval request to a mobile telephone of the consumer; after receiving an approval response from the consumer'"'"'s mobile telephone, the PIN-debit service computing device adding the alternate PIN to the payment data, and transmitting the payment data and the alternate PIN to a debit network for processing; and after transmitting the payment data and the alternate PIN to the debit network for processing, the PIN-debit service computing device transmitting a payment confirmation to the merchant. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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