Methods and systems for contactless payments at a merchant

• US 9,483,761 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2014
• Issued: 11/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Liberty Peak Ventures, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: III Holdings 1, LLC
• Inventors: Lewis, Nicole, Korten, Carlos, Chuang, I-Hsin, Brendell, Brian
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Michael G
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHEDEKEL, TABITHA F
• Application Number:
  US14/216,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20140201085A1
• Time in Patent Office: 960 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/379, 235/380
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/202 Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/325 using wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3276 using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being read by the M-device
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/352 Contactless payments by cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/425 using two different networks, one for transaction and one for security confirmation

Abstract

A coordination server of a contactless payment system may receive a total bill of purchases for a customer from a merchant point-of-sale terminal, associate the total bill of purchases with a unique identifier of an RFID tag of a check presenter, and receive notification that payment of the total bill of purchases is authorized. The coordination server may receive the unique identifier and payment information from a contactless-enabled device, and transmit the payment information and the total bill to the merchant point-of-sale terminal for transmittal to a merchant acquirer for completion of the transaction under business as usual standards. In one embodiment, the coordination server transmits the payment information and the total bill to a merchant acquirer, which then routes the payment request to an appropriate payment network. In another embodiment, the coordination server transmits the payment information and the total bill directly to the appropriate payment network.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

associating, by a computer system, transaction data with an identifier of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, wherein the transaction data is usable to generate a payment authorization request for a transaction with a consumer, and wherein the identifier is accessible via a mobile device of the consumer;

receiving, by the computer system, the identifier of the RFID tag and payment data of the consumer from the mobile device;

sending, by the computer system, the payment data and transaction data to a merchant acquirer, wherein the merchant acquirer is configured to generate the payment authorization request for the transaction based on the payment data and transaction data and

receiving, by the computer system from the merchant acquirer, a notification that payment of the transaction is authorized.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transaction data includes a summary of transactions.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the transaction data is received from a merchant.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transaction data is received from a merchant point-of-sale terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the radio frequency identification tag is included in a check presenter.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

notifying, by the computer system, a merchant that the payment of the transaction is authorized.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

notifying, by the computer system, the consumer that payment of the transaction data is authorized.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer system is in communication with a plurality of back-end servers, and wherein the plurality of back-end servers includes at least one of a loyalty server, a payment server, and an offer management server.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer system is integrated into a merchant point-of-sale terminal.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer system is separate from a merchant point-of-sale terminal.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer system sends the payment data and transaction data to a merchant acquirer via a merchant point-of-sale terminal.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the merchant acquirer is configured to route a payment request to an appropriate payment network selected based on payment information from the consumer.

13. A computer system, comprising:

one or more processors;

memory having instructions stored therein that, in response to execution by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to perform operations including;

receiving, from a merchant system, transaction data associated with an identifier of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, wherein the transaction data is usable to authorize a transaction with a consumer;

receiving, from a mobile device associated with the consumer, the identifier of the RFID tag-and payment information of a consumer;

locating the transaction data using the identifier as a key; and

transmitting the located transaction data and payment information to a merchant acquirer configured to generate a payment authorization request for the transaction.

14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the transaction data includes a summary of transactions.

15. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the radio frequency identification tag is embedded in a check presenter.

16. A method, comprising:

a mobile device reading an identifier from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag associated with a transaction between a merchant and a user of the mobile device;

the mobile device sending the read identifier and a payment information for the transaction to a coordination system, wherein the coordination system is configured to use the identifier to retrieve transaction information received from a computer system of the merchant, and wherein the coordination system is configured to send the transaction information and payment information to a merchant acquirer configured to generate a transaction request for the transaction; and

the mobile device receiving a notification that the transaction request has been approved by an authorization system.