IP Library Granted Patent US 9,582,787
Granted Patent B2
US 9,582,787 · App. 14/191,361 · Granted Feb 28, 2017

Recovery of declined transactions

Inventors: Venkatraman Muthukrishnan (Chennai, IN); Desmond Kwokhon Chan (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
G06Q20/02G06Q20/12G06Q20/407
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Patent No.
US 9,582,787
App. No.
14/191,361
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for facilitating a purchase are described. When a payment processor declines a transaction, an error code is sent to a merchant. The error code indicates to the merchant that the failed transaction is recoverable if the user chooses a new funding source or payment instrument. The merchant sends the user back to a payment service provider site where the user can either choose a new funding source or enter a new payment method.

Claims (48)

1. A transaction recovery system comprising:

a non-transitory memory storing payment information of a user; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising:

issuing an electronic token to the user, wherein the electronic token contains user login and password information for the user;

storing the electronic token on a user device associated with the user;

receiving, from the user on a webpage of a payment service provider site, a selection of a first payment instrument;

receiving, from a merchant, a request to process payment with the first payment instrument for a purchase the user made on a merchant site;

receiving, from an entity that issued the first payment instrument, a rejection of the first payment instrument;

transmitting, to the merchant, a request to redirect the user to the payment service provider site;

automatically logging in the user to the payment service provider site using the electronic token to bypass a login page of the payment service provider site;

redirecting the user back to the webpage where the user selected the first payment instrument;

receiving, from the user on the webpage of the payment service provider site, a selection of a second payment instrument; and

receiving, from the merchant, a request to process payment with the second payment instrument for the purchase.

2. The transaction recovery system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise displaying, to the user on the payment service provider's site, a message regarding why the first payment instrument was rejected.

3. The transaction recovery system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic token is associated with the purchase.

4. The transaction recovery system of claim 1 , wherein the request to redirect the user is in the form of an error code.

5. The transaction recovery system of claim 4 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting, to the merchant, a second error code after a predetermined number of payment attempts have failed.

6. The transaction recovery system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise selecting the second payment instrument from a list of payment instruments pre-registered by the user.

7. The transaction recovery system of claim 1 , wherein the second payment instrument is a new payment instrument.

8. A method for recovering a declined transaction, comprising:

receiving, by one or more hardware processors of a payment service provider, a selection of a first payment instrument from a user on a webpage of a payment service provider site;

receiving, by the one or more hardware processors, a request to process payment with the first payment instrument for a purchase the user made on a merchant site from a merchant;

receiving, by the one or more hardware processors, a rejection of the first payment instrument from an entity that issued the first payment instrument;

transmitting, by the one or more hardware processors, a request to redirect the user to the payment service provider site to the merchant;

automatically logging in, by the one or more hardware processors, the user to the payment service provider site to bypass a login page of the payment service provider site;

redirecting, by the one or more hardware processors, the user back to the webpage where the user selected the first payment instrument;

receiving, by the one or more hardware processors, a selection of a second payment instrument from the user on the webpage of the payment service provider site; and

receiving, by the one or more hardware processors, a request to process payment with the second payment instrument for the purchase from the merchant.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising displaying, to the user on the payment service provider site, a message regarding why the first payment instrument was rejected.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the user is logged in to the payment service provider site using an electronic token associated with the user and the purchase.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the request to redirect the user is in the form of an error code.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising transmitting a second error code to the merchant after a predetermined number of payment attempts have failed.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising selecting the second payment instrument from a list of payment instruments pre-registered by the user.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second payment instrument is a new payment instrument.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving a selection of a first payment instrument from a user on a webpage of a payment service provider site;

receiving a request to process payment with the first payment instrument for a purchase the user made on a merchant site from a merchant;

receiving a rejection of the first payment instrument from an entity that issued the first payment instrument;

transmitting a request to redirect the user to the payment service provider site to the merchant;

automatically logging in the user to the payment service provider site to bypass a login page of the payment service provider site;

redirecting the user back to the webpage where the user selected the first payment instrument;

receiving a selection of a second payment instrument from the user on the webpage of the payment service provider site; and

receiving a request to process payment with the second payment instrument for the purchase from the merchant.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise displaying, to the user on the payment service provider site, a message regarding why the first payment instrument was rejected.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the user is logged in to the payment service provider site using an electronic token associated with the user and the purchase.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the request to redirect the user is in the form of an error code.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting a second error code to the merchant after a predetermined number of payment attempts have failed.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise selecting the second payment instrument from a list of payment instruments pre-registered by the user.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2015
From: EBAY INC.
To: PAYPAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 036171/0144 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2014
From: MUTHUKRISHNAN, VENKATRAMAN; CHAN, DESMOND KWOKHON
To: EBAY INC.
Reel/Frame 032371/0942 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61815121 · Apr 23, 2013
Related Publication 20140316981A1 · Oct 23, 2014