Electronic identifier payment systems and methods
US7107249B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 29, 2002 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F7/025
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods for accepting payments for goods and services provided by a consumer provider. The methods can include associating consumers and consumer providers with a payment provider. The payment provider can receive payments destined for the consumer provider, associate the payments with one or more identifiers, and transfer at least portions of the receive payments to the consumer provider. The systems can include a point-of-sale device configured to accept payments from consumers on behalf of consumer providers. In some cases, the systems include a plurality of such point-of-sale devices in communication with a payment provider control. The payment provider control can be in communication with one or more consumer provider controls.
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