Processing payment at a point of sale with limited information
First Claim
1. A method for electronically processing a payment at a point of sale, the method comprising:
- receiving, electronically by a hardware processor of a payment provider, a payment request from a transaction device at a merchant point of sale (POS);
receiving, electronically by the hardware processor, identification information for a user provided via the merchant POS, wherein the identification information comprises a last name, a zip code, and a date of birth of the user;
accessing, electronically by the hardware processor, a preexisting account of the user stored in a database associated with the payment provider based on the received identification information without requiring the hardware processor to receive, from the merchant POS, financial information associated with the preexisting account;
receiving, electronically by the hardware processor, verification information of the user entered by the user at the merchant POS, the verification information being entered after the identification information is received and after the preexisting account of the user is accessed;
in response to determining that the verification information corresponds to last four digits of a social security number (SSN) of the user stored in the database, approving the payment request using the preexisting account of the user based on the last four digits of the SSN without requiring the user to provide a payment provider card; and
processing, electronically by the hardware processor, the payment request in response to the approving.
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Abstract
A consumer at a POS is able to obtain instant credit from a third party payment provider by providing identification information, such as from a driver'"'"'s license, through a sales associate at the POS and by providing directly the last four digits of the consumer'"'"'s social security number (SSN). When the consumer wants to make subsequent purchases through the payment provider, the sales associate need only enter the consumer'"'"'s last name, zip code, and date of birth for the payment provider to locate and retrieve the consumer'"'"'s account. The consumer may then enter the last four digits of the consumer'"'"'s social security number, such as into a PIN pad at the POS, and have the information processed by the payment provider.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for electronically processing a payment at a point of sale, the method comprising:
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receiving, electronically by a hardware processor of a payment provider, a payment request from a transaction device at a merchant point of sale (POS); receiving, electronically by the hardware processor, identification information for a user provided via the merchant POS, wherein the identification information comprises a last name, a zip code, and a date of birth of the user; accessing, electronically by the hardware processor, a preexisting account of the user stored in a database associated with the payment provider based on the received identification information without requiring the hardware processor to receive, from the merchant POS, financial information associated with the preexisting account; receiving, electronically by the hardware processor, verification information of the user entered by the user at the merchant POS, the verification information being entered after the identification information is received and after the preexisting account of the user is accessed; in response to determining that the verification information corresponds to last four digits of a social security number (SSN) of the user stored in the database, approving the payment request using the preexisting account of the user based on the last four digits of the SSN without requiring the user to provide a payment provider card; and processing, electronically by the hardware processor, the payment request in response to the approving. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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