Encapsulation of payment accounts with tokenization

US11514437B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Block, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Dennis Jarosch · Berkeley, US
• Gillian May Lian Wee · San Francisco, US
• Paul Abraham Botros · San Francisco, US
• Michael Ward · San Francisco, US
• Anusha Ramanujam · San Francisco, US
• Julian Hua · Walnut Creek, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 27, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 29, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 15, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q2220/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for encapsulating transaction instrument information in a transaction includes storing, in association with a first transaction and by a processor of the primary transaction processor server, transaction data associated with a transaction instrument for a first transaction. The primary transaction processor server transmits the transaction data to a payment network processor, and receives an authorization package in response that includes a cryptograph and a first network token. The primary transaction processor server generates a second token that includes a changeable alpha-numeric string associated with the transaction instrument used in the first transaction, and transmits the second token to a merchant device. The second token indicates that a transaction associated with the second token is either i) a customer-initiated transaction or ii) a merchant-initiated transaction. The secondary transaction processor may approve or reject a transaction using the second token without a cryptogram.