Patents by Inventor FIRST DATA CORPORATION

FIRST DATA CORPORATION has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20130198081
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and methods related to facilitating card present transaction. In one embodiment, a service provider system may receive a request from a merchant to initiate a card present transaction associated with a consumer. The service provider system may determine an identifier associated with a mobile device associated with the consumer. The service provider system may communicate to the mobile device, based at least in part on the identifier, a message that facilitates invocation of a transaction module associated with the mobile device. The service provider system may facilitate the car present transaction based at least in part on an interaction with the transaction module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130179280
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, a system is provided for activating a plurality of cards. A first card number and a total number of cards can be provided to an activation system to process the activation of the plurality of cards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventor: First Data Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130144700
    Abstract: Methods, systems, computer executable instructions, and devices for processing promotions and prepaid accounts are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes providing a unique identifier associated with a promotion to a customer and associating the unique identifier with a promotion code in a database. The method also includes the step of receiving the unique identifier from a merchant, where the customer provided the unique identifier to the merchant in order to redeem the promotion in a transaction. Finally, the method includes retrieving the promotion code from the database based on the received unique identifier, and transmitting the promotion code for delivery to the merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: First Data Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130097034
    Abstract: In yet another embodiment, a computer-implemented method can be provided. The method can include storing, in at least one memory associated with a mobile device, payment information. The method can further include generating, utilizing the payment information, a displayable image. Furthermore, the method can include directing output of the image by a display associated with the mobile device, wherein the image is scanned by a reader device at a point of sale in order to complete a point of sale transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130097031
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating point of sale transactions. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method can be provided. The method can include collecting, by a mobile device at a merchant point of sale, merchant contextual information associated with a merchant station at a merchant location. The method can also include identifying payment information stored on the mobile device. Further, the method can also include providing the merchant contextual information and the payment information to a merchant device in order to complete a point of sale transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventor: First Data Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130080329
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure can include systems and methods for facilitating card present transactions. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for conducting card present transactions can be provided. The method can include receiving, by a merchant system comprising one or more computers, a request for a card present electronic commerce transaction on behalf of a consumer; determining, by the merchant system, an identifier of a mobile device of the consumer; obtaining, by the merchant system from the mobile device, validation information associated with a payment application stored on the mobile device; and outputting, by the merchant system for communication to an issuer system, a proposed card present transaction and the validation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130080236
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure can relate to systems and methods for enrolling consumers in loyalty programs. Certain embodiments of the disclosure can relate to automatic enrollment of consumers in loyalty programs. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for enrolling a consumer in a loyalty program can be provided. The method can include establishing, by a merchant device, communication with a consumer device; determining, by the merchant device, that loyalty information is not stored on the consumer device; and providing, by the merchant device to the consumer device, loyalty information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130080219
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure can relate to systems and methods for providing value added services in association with the processing of payment transactions. Certain embodiments of the disclosure can relate to provision of value added services in association with the processing of payment transactions. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for processing proposed transactions can be provided. The method can include receiving, from a merchant device by a service provider system comprising one or more computers, information associated with a purchase transaction; identifying, by the service provider system, one or more value added services applicable to the purchase transaction; and implementing, by the service provider system, the one or more applicable value added services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130080328
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure can include systems and methods for processing transactions. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for processing proposed transactions can be provided. The method can include storing, by a service provider system comprising one or more computers, one or more issuer rules associated with the applicability of one or more payment accounts to proposed transaction; receiving, by the service provider system from a merchant computer, information associated with a proposed transaction, the information comprising one of an identification of a payment account or an identification of a consumer payment device; evaluating, by the service provider system utilizing the one or more issuer rules, the proposed transaction; and determining, by the service provider system based at least in part upon the evaluation, at least one of (i) a payment account to utilize in association with the proposed transaction or (ii) whether the proposed transaction will be approved or denied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130080273
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure can include systems and methods for facilitating communication between a point of sale device and a consumer device. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for communicating with a consumer device at a point of sale (POS) can be provided. The method can include establishing, by a merchant POS device, communication with the consumer device at the point of sale; collecting, by the merchant POS device, transaction-related information from a payment application associated with the consumer device; determining, by the merchant POS device, that the collected transaction-related information does not include both payment-related information and value added services (VAS) information associated with one or more VAS; and collecting, by the merchant POS device based at least in part upon the determination, second transaction-related information from a second payment application associated with the consumer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: FIRST DATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: First Data Corporation