IP Library Granted Patent US 7,909,240
Granted Patent B2
US 7,909,240 · App. 12/638,798 · Granted Mar 22, 2011

Method and system for manual authorization

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Patent No.
US 7,909,240
App. No.
12/638,798
Granted
Mar 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments provide systems, apparatus, methods, computer program code, and means for performing manual authorizations.

Claims (38)

1. A computer-based method, comprising:

in response to a first authorization request being declined for a first purchase transaction for failing to comply with at least one of an account-level and a corporate-level use restriction associated with a transaction account, identifying, by an authorization computer, a first authorization request associated with a transaction account;

creating, by said computer and in response to said declined first authorization request, a manual authorization record for said first purchase transaction based on information associated with or resulting from said first authorization request; and,

temporarily overriding, by said computer, said at least one of an account-level and a corporate-level use restriction;

matching, by said computer, at least a portion of information from said first authorization request with a second authorization request; and

in response to said matching, allowing, by said computer, approval of a second authorization request involving said transaction account and a second purchase transaction that complies with terms of said manual authorization record.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said transaction account is associated with at least one of a transaction account number, charge card, credit card, debit card, corporate account, corporate transaction card, and purchasing card.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said transaction account is issued to a purchasing entity.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said transaction account is issued to a purchasing entity having a program administrator.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said manual authorization record is created in response to a request by an authorized party.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said manual authorization record is created in response to a request by an authorized party, wherein said authorized party is associated with a purchasing entity, and wherein said transaction account is issued to said purchasing entity.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said transaction account is issued to a purchasing entity having a program administrator and wherein said manual authorization record is created in response to a request by said program administrator.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said transaction account is associated with at least one of merchant category code (MCC), account-level, a corporate-level, and standard industrial code (SIC) authorization controls.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein said first authorization request is declined based on a failure of said first purchase transaction to comply with at least one of said MCC, said account-level, said corporate-level, and said SIC authorization controls associated with said transaction account.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein said manual authorization record operates to override at least one of said MCC, said account-level, said corporate-level, and said SIC authorization controls associated with said transaction account.

11. A system, comprising:

a network interface communicating with a memory;

the memory communicating with an authorization processor; and

the processor, when executing a computer program, is configured to:

in response to a first authorization request being declined for a first purchase transaction for failing to comply with at least one of an account-level and a corporate-level use restriction associated with a transaction account, identifying, by said processor, a first authorization request associated with a transaction account;

creating, by said processor and in response to said declined first authorization request, a manual authorization record for said first purchase transaction based on information associated with or resulting from said first authorization request; and,

temporarily overriding, by said processor, said at least one of an account-level and a corporate-level use restriction;

matching, by said processor, at least a portion of information from said first authorization request with a second authorization request; and

allowing, by said processor and in response to said matching, approval of a second authorization request involving said transaction account and a second purchase transaction that complies with terms of said manual authorization record.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein said transaction account is associated with at least one of a transaction account number, charge card, credit card, debit card, corporate account, corporate transaction card, and purchasing card.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein said transaction account is issued to a purchasing entity.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein said transaction account is associated with at least one of a merchant category code (MCC), account-level, corporate-level, and standard industrial code (SIC) authorization controls.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein said first authorization request is declined based on a failure of said prior first purchase transaction to comply with said at least one of MCC, account-level, corporate-level, and SIC authorization control.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, if executed by an authorization computer, cause said computer to perform operations comprising:

in response to a first authorization request being declined for a first purchase transaction for failing to comply with at least one of an account-level and a corporate-level use restriction associated with a transaction account, identifying, by said computer, a first authorization request associated with a transaction account;

creating, by said computer, and in response to said declined first authorization request, a manual authorization record for said first purchase transaction based on information associated with or resulting from said first authorization request; and,

temporarily overriding, by said computer, said at least one of an account-level and a corporate-level use restriction;

matching, by said computer, at least a portion of information from said first authorization request with a second authorization request; and

allowing, by said computer and in response to said matching, approval of a second authorization request involving said transaction account and a second purchase transaction that complies with terms of said manual authorization record.

17. The medium of claim 16 , wherein said transaction account is associated with at least one of a transaction account number, charge card, credit card, debit card, corporate account, corporate transaction card, and purchasing card.

18. The medium of claim 16 , wherein said transaction account is issued to a purchasing entity.

19. The medium of claim 16 , wherein said transaction account is associated with at least one of merchant category code (MCC), account-level, a corporate-level, and standard industrial code (SIC) authorization controls.

20. The medium of claim 19 , wherein said first authorization request is declined based on a failure of said first purchase transaction to comply with at least one of said MCC, said account-level, said corporate-level, and said SIC authorization controls associated with said transaction account.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2018
From: III HOLDINGS 1, LLC
To: LIBERTY PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 045611/0193 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2014
From: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
To: III HOLDINGS 1, LLC
Reel/Frame 032722/0746 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2009
From: NELSON, DAVID O.
To: GE CAPITAL FINANCIAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 023657/0387 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2009
From: GE CAPITAL FINANCIAL, INC.
To: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 023657/0932 →