Lisa Marie Shank

US Patent:

20140025453, Jan 23, 2014

Filed:

Feb 6, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/760987

Inventors:

Julie Christine Bohn - Omaha NE, US
Natalie Cekan - Suwanee GA, US
Robert James Cole - Maysville GA, US
Sammy Leigh Coleman - Hagerstown MD, US
Jigar G. Desai - Marietta GA, US
John W. Graham - Atlanta GA, US
Amy Lynne Kirshenbaum - Denver CO, US
Sarah Owen - Atlanta GA, US
Lisa Marie Shank - Big Pool MD, US
Alan Surell - Marietta GA, US
Susan Munn Young - Nashville TN, US

Assignee:

FIRST DATA CORPORATION - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02

US Classification:

705 1417, 705 1423

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer-executable instructions for automatically processing promotion redemptions are provided. An exemplary method includes linking promotion information with an account of a customer in a database. The promotion information pertains to a promotion for a product or service offered by a merchant. The method includes receiving a request to provide payment for a transaction using the customer account. The request includes an amount of the transaction and an identifier of the customer account. The method further includes retrieving the promotion information from the database based on the identifier, verifying that the transaction is eligible for the promotion based on the retrieved promotion information, and adjusting the amount of the transaction based on the retrieved promotion information.

US Patent:

20140025391, Jan 23, 2014

Filed:

Sep 28, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/630720

Inventors:

Sarah Owen - Atlanta GA, US
Julie Christine Bohn - Omaha NE, US
Robert James Cole - Maysville GA, US
Sammy Leigh Coleman - Hagerstown MD, US
Susan Munn Young - Nashville TN, US
Amy Lynne Kirshenbaum - Denver CO, US
Lisa Marie Shank - Big Pool MD, US
John W. Graham - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

FIRST DATA CORPORATION - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00
G06Q 40/08
G06Q 50/22
G06Q 20/20

US Classification:

705 2, 705 39, 705 16, 705 34, 705 44, 705 4, 705 17

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer-executable instructions for operating a payment processing system are provided. An exemplary method includes receiving a request to determine a transaction capability of a merchant's transaction system. The request is received from a requester at a payment processing system. The method includes determining the requested transaction capability based on merchant data retrieved from a database of the payment processing system. The transaction capability of the merchant includes information indicating compatibility of the merchant's transaction system with one or more features of the payment processing system. The method further includes transmitting, using the payment processing system, the transaction capability to the requester in response to the request.