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Point of sale payment method

US9436960B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 8, 2015
Grant dateSep 6, 2016
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Expiry dateJun 8, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W4/14
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a method of making a payment transaction between a customer and a merchant using a payment card (200) of the customer including steps of: transmitting details of the payment transaction from a mobile device (202) to a remote server; capturing at least one image of the payment card using the mobile device of the merchant; transmitting the at least one image of the payment card to the remote server; identifying, by the remote server, the merchant and the payment card captured in the at least one image; and implementing the payment transaction between bank accounts (208, 210) of the customer and the merchant.

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