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Configurable payment tokens

  • US 9,727,858 B2
  • Filed: 12/17/2015
  • Issued: 08/08/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a payment processor computer, via a graphical user interface on a computer operated by a user, a user-configured token format from the user;

    after receiving the user-configured token format, storing, by the payment processor computer, the user-configured token format received from the user computer in a database;

    after the user-configured token format is stored, receiving, by the payment processor computer, a payment account number from a customer during a first transaction with the user;

    generating or receiving, by the payment processor computer, an authorization request message comprising the payment account number for a transaction conducted with a merchant;

    sending, by the payment processor computer, the authorization request message comprising the payment account number to an issuer computer associated with the payment account number;

    receiving, by the payment processor computer, an authorization response message comprising the payment account number and an authorization from the issuer computer;

    determining whether the authorization response message contains the authorization;

    after receiving the authorization response message from the issuer computer, retrieving, by the payment processor computer, the user-configured token format from the database;

    generating, by the payment processor computer, a token associated with the payment account number using the retrieved user-configured token format only upondetermining that the authorization response message contains the authorization, the token including a set of characters, wherein the token conforms to the user-configured token format, and wherein the token is not generated if the authorization response message does not contain the authorization; and

    sending, by the payment processor computer, the token associated with the payment account number to the merchant, wherein the token is thereafter stored by the merchant.

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