Method, apparatus, and system for processing payments using a proxy credential
First Claim
1. A method of processing electronic payment transactions, the method comprising:
- transmitting a wallet account identifier from a user device to a point-of-sale system terminal to initiate a payment transaction;
receiving a first payment transaction authorization request that includes the wallet account identifier at a wallet service provider system associated with the wallet account identifier, wherein the first payment transaction authorization request is received while the wallet service provider system is not wirelessly connected to the user device;
selecting a payment account from a wallet account associated with the wallet account identifier;
transmitting a second payment transaction authorization request that includes the selected payment account from the wallet service provider system, wherein one of the wallet service provider system and an issuer account management system administers the selected payment account;
receiving authorization of a payment transaction against the selected payment account at the wallet service provider system in a response to the second payment transaction authorization request; and
transmitting from the wallet service provider system a response to the first payment transaction authorization request, the response to the first payment transaction authorization request indicating whether the payment transaction is authorized.
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Abstract
A novel system and methodology for conducting financial and other transactions using a wireless device. Credentials may be selectively issued by issuers such as credit card companies, banks, and merchants to consumers permitting the specific consumer to conduct a transaction according to the authorization given as reflected by the credential or set of credentials. The preferred mechanism for controlling and distributing credentials according to the present invention is through one or more publicly accessible networks such as the Internet wherein the system design and operating characteristics are in conformance with the standards and other specific requirements of the chosen network or set of networks. Credentials are ultimately supplied to a handheld device such as a mobile telephone via a wireless network. The user holding the credential may then use the handheld device to conduct the authorized transaction or set of transactions via, for example, a short range wireless link with a point-of-sale terminal.
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83 Claims
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1. A method of processing electronic payment transactions, the method comprising:
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transmitting a wallet account identifier from a user device to a point-of-sale system terminal to initiate a payment transaction; receiving a first payment transaction authorization request that includes the wallet account identifier at a wallet service provider system associated with the wallet account identifier, wherein the first payment transaction authorization request is received while the wallet service provider system is not wirelessly connected to the user device; selecting a payment account from a wallet account associated with the wallet account identifier; transmitting a second payment transaction authorization request that includes the selected payment account from the wallet service provider system, wherein one of the wallet service provider system and an issuer account management system administers the selected payment account; receiving authorization of a payment transaction against the selected payment account at the wallet service provider system in a response to the second payment transaction authorization request; and transmitting from the wallet service provider system a response to the first payment transaction authorization request, the response to the first payment transaction authorization request indicating whether the payment transaction is authorized. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 82, 83)
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30. A system to process electronic payment transactions, the system comprising:
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a software programmed user device to transmit a wallet account identifier to initiate a payment transaction, wherein the software activates automatically when a point-of-sale terminal is detected; a wallet service provider system associated with the wallet account identifier, the wallet service provider system being configured; to receive a first payment transaction authorization request that includes the wallet account identifier while the wallet service provider system is not wirelessly connected to the user device, to select a payment account from a wallet account associated with the wallet account identifier, to transmit a second payment transaction authorization request that includes the selected payment account, wherein the selected payment account is administered by one of the wallet service provider system and an issuer account management system, and to receive an authorization of a payment transaction in a response to the second payment transaction authorization request. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A computing device, comprising:
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memory to store a plurality of wallet accounts and information regarding the plurality of wallet accounts; and one or more processors configured to receive from a point-of-sale system terminal a first payment transaction authorization request, wherein the first payment transaction authorization request includes a wallet account identifier associated with at least one of the plurality of wallet accounts while the computing device is not wirelessly connected to a user device which transmitted the wallet account identifier to the point-of-sale system terminal, to select a linked payment account from a wallet account associated with the wallet account identifier, to authorize the selected linked payment account, and to transmit a response to the first payment transaction authorization request, the response to the first payment authorization request indicating whether the payment transaction is authorized. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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