Transaction device and processing system
First Claim
1. A transaction processing system for evaluating transactions between a customer and a merchant, the customer being associated with a plurality of accounts, the system comprising:
- a transaction tracker that identifies a transaction executed by a customer using a transaction device, the transaction device being operable to execute a transaction with a point of sale receiver associated with the merchant by providing an account number for a first account of the plurality of accounts;
an account selection engine that;
receives information identifying a merchant name, a merchant category, a product name, a product category, and an amount of the transaction;
determines a plurality of selection rules associated with the customer;
determines user criteria selected by the customer, the user criteria comprising one or more weights of the plurality of selection rules; and
selects a recommended account based on the merchant name, the merchant category, the product name, the product category, the amount of the transaction, the selection rules, and the user criteria; and
a performance module that;
compares the first account with the recommended account;
based on the comparison of the first account with the recommended account, determines that the recommended account is the same as the first account used for the transaction;
determines that enabling a rewards program associated with the first account provides the customer with a financial benefit;
based on the determination that enabling the rewards program associated with the first account provides the customer with the financial benefit, proposes enabling the rewards program associated with the first account;
compares the user criteria selected by the customer and default criteria; and
based on comparing the user criteria selected by the customer and default criteria, proposes changing the user criteria.
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Abstract
According to some embodiments, a transaction processing system for evaluating transactions between a customer and a merchant comprises a transaction tracker, an account selection engine, and a performance module. The transaction tracker is operable to identify a transaction executed by a customer using a transaction device, the transaction device being operable to execute a transaction with a point of sale receiver associated with the merchant by providing an account number for a first account of the plurality of accounts. The account selection engine is operable to receive information identifying at least one characteristic of the transaction and select a recommended account based on the at least one characteristic. The performance module is operable to compare the first account with the recommended account to determine whether the customer would have received a financial benefit by executing the transaction using the recommended account instead of the first account.
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17 Claims
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1. A transaction processing system for evaluating transactions between a customer and a merchant, the customer being associated with a plurality of accounts, the system comprising:
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a transaction tracker that identifies a transaction executed by a customer using a transaction device, the transaction device being operable to execute a transaction with a point of sale receiver associated with the merchant by providing an account number for a first account of the plurality of accounts; an account selection engine that; receives information identifying a merchant name, a merchant category, a product name, a product category, and an amount of the transaction; determines a plurality of selection rules associated with the customer; determines user criteria selected by the customer, the user criteria comprising one or more weights of the plurality of selection rules; and selects a recommended account based on the merchant name, the merchant category, the product name, the product category, the amount of the transaction, the selection rules, and the user criteria; and a performance module that; compares the first account with the recommended account; based on the comparison of the first account with the recommended account, determines that the recommended account is the same as the first account used for the transaction; determines that enabling a rewards program associated with the first account provides the customer with a financial benefit; based on the determination that enabling the rewards program associated with the first account provides the customer with the financial benefit, proposes enabling the rewards program associated with the first account; compares the user criteria selected by the customer and default criteria; and based on comparing the user criteria selected by the customer and default criteria, proposes changing the user criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 15)
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6. A system comprising:
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a memory that stores information identifying; a transaction executed by a customer using a transaction device, the customer being associated with a plurality of accounts, the transaction device executes a transaction with a point of sale receiver associated with the merchant by providing an account number for a first account of the plurality of accounts; and a merchant name, a merchant category, a product name, a product category, and an amount of the transaction; and a processor coupled to the memory, the memory including executable instructions that upon execution cause the system to; determine a plurality of selection rules associated with the customer; determine user criteria selected by the customer, the user criteria comprising one or more weights of the plurality of selection rules; select a recommended account based on the merchant name, the merchant category, the product name, the product category, the amount of the transaction, the selection rules, and the user criteria; compare the first account with the recommended account; based on the comparison of the first account with the recommended account, determine that the recommended account is the same as the first account used for the transaction; determine that enabling a rewards program associated with the first account provides the customer with a financial benefit; based on the determination that enabling the rewards program associated with the first account provides the customer with the financial benefit, propose enabling the rewards program associated with the first account; compare the user criteria selected by the customer and default criteria; and based on comparing the user criteria selected by the customer and default criteria, propose changing the user criteria. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 16)
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10. A computerized method for evaluating transactions between a customer and a merchant, the customer being associated with a plurality of accounts, the method comprising:
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identifying, by a processor, a transaction executed by a customer using a transaction device, the transaction device being operable to execute a transaction with a point of sale receiver associated with the merchant by providing an account number for a first account of the plurality of accounts; identifying, by the processor, a merchant name, a merchant category, a product name, a product category, and an amount of the transaction; determining, by the processor, a plurality of selection rules associated with the customer; determining, by the processor, user criteria selected by the customer, the user criteria comprising one or more weights of the plurality of selection rules; selecting, by the processor, a recommended account based on the merchant name, the merchant category, the product name, the product category, the amount of the transaction, the selection rules, and the user criteria; comparing the first account with the recommended account; based on the comparison of the first account with the recommended account, determining, by the processor, that the recommended account is the same as the first account used for transaction; determining, by the processor, that enabling a rewards program associated with the first account provides the customer with a financial benefit; based on the determination that enabling the rewards program associated with the first account provides the customer with the financial benefit, proposing, by the processor, enabling the rewards program associated with the first account; comparing, by the processor, the user criteria selected by the customer and default criteria; and based on comparing the user criteria selected by the customer and default criteria, proposing, by the processor, changing the user criteria. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 17)
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