Media device payments remote control personalization and protection
First Claim
1. A payment device company server, comprising:
- a memory; and
a processing module coupled to the memory, wherein the processing module is operable to;
receive an application for establishing a user payment account, the user payment account being usable for making purchases using a media device;
upon approval of the application, communicate a user payment account identifier to a media server service provider, the user payment account identifier identifying the user payment account;
receive a device identification number of the media device; and
provide the device identification number and user payment account information to a payment device personalization service, wherein association information between the user payment account and the media device is stored on a payment device.
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Abstract
A server is operable to receive a media device identifying number (ID) and to create an established association between the media device with a payment account and to support at least one of payment authorization and payment clearing based at least in part on the media device ID and the payment account. The server is further operable to produce the payment account information to a smart card personalization service server to facilitate creation of a smart card with the payment account information that is associated with the media device. The server is also operable to produce the media device ID to the smart card personalization service server to facilitate creation of a smart card with the payment account information based in part on the media device ID.
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16 Claims
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1. A payment device company server, comprising:
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a memory; and a processing module coupled to the memory, wherein the processing module is operable to; receive an application for establishing a user payment account, the user payment account being usable for making purchases using a media device; upon approval of the application, communicate a user payment account identifier to a media server service provider, the user payment account identifier identifying the user payment account; receive a device identification number of the media device; and provide the device identification number and user payment account information to a payment device personalization service, wherein association information between the user payment account and the media device is stored on a payment device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a payment device processor server, an application for establishing a payment account for making purchases using a media device; upon approval of the application, transmitting, by the payment device processor server, an approved application indication to at least one of a first remote server to initiate a payment device generation process and to a second remote server to initiate an order for the media device; obtaining, by the payment device processor server, an identification number of the media device; and creating, by the payment device processor server, an association between the payment account and the media device based on the identification number. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a plurality of instructions that when executed by a processor embedded in a computer system cause the processor to perform a method, the plurality of instructions comprising:
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instructions that cause the processor to receive an application for establishing a user payment account, the user payment account being usable for making purchases using a media device; instructions that cause the processor to communicate a user payment account identifier to a media server service provider upon approval of the application, the user payment account identifier identifying the user payment account; instructions that cause the processor to receive a device identification number of the media device; and instructions that cause the processor to provide the device identification number and user payment account information to a payment device personalization service, the payment device personalization service storing association information, on a payment device, between the user payment account and the media device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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