System and method for temporarily enabling proprietary transit payments on a hotel room key

US9098843B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Visa International Service Association · US

Inventors

• Zack Fuerstenberg · Toronto, CA
• Oleg Makhotin · Paris, FR
• William Alexander Thaw · San Mateo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 11, 2010
• Grant date: Aug 4, 2015
• Expiry date: Jan 14, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/0014
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

One embodiment of the invention is directed to a system comprising a database and a server computer coupled to the database, wherein the server computer comprises a processor and a computer-readable storage medium coupled to the processor, the computer readable storage medium comprising code executable by the processor for implementing a method comprising: receiving transit transaction data, determining a hotel based on the transit transaction data, and sending the transit transaction data to the hotel, wherein the hotel places a transit charge based on the transit transaction data onto a hotel folio. Another embodiment of the invention is directed to a method, the method comprising receiving transit transaction data, determining a hotel based on the transit transaction data, and sending the transit transaction data to the hotel, wherein the hotel places a transit charge based on the transit transaction data onto a hotel folio.