IP Library Granted Patent US 11,704,676
Granted Patent B2
US 11,704,676 · App. 17/328,300 · Granted Jul 18, 2023

Systems and methods for partial authorization of electronic transactions

Inventor: Sunil Dixit (Newton, MA)
Assignee: Worldpay, LLC
G06Q20/4093G06Q20/403G06Q20/405
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Patent No.
US 11,704,676
App. No.
17/328,300
Granted
Jul 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for managing payment submissions includes receiving, at an acquirer computing system, an authorization request submitted by a merchant computing system for a transaction of a predefined amount, the merchant computing system being associated with a merchant, and the authorization request identifying account information for an account that is associated with a payment card network and an issuer processor; and re-transmitting the authorization request for less than the predefined amount and greater than a configurable threshold value, until the authorization request is approved by the issuer processor or until the authorization request falls below the configurable threshold value.

Claims (45)

1. A method for managing recurring authorization requests for payment transactions, the method comprising:

receiving, at a payment processing computing system, an authorization request from a point of sale (POS) device for an electronic transaction, the authorization request including a transaction value;

determining, by the payment processing computing system, a configurable threshold value associated with the electronic transaction;

transmitting, by the payment processing computing system, the authorization request to an issuer processor for approving the electronic transaction for the transaction value; and

based on determining that the issuer processor has declined the electronic transaction for insufficient funds, re-transmitting, by the payment processing computing system, the authorization request to the issuer processor for approval, re-transmitting the authorization request comprising an iterative reduction of the transaction value that is less than the transaction value and greater than the configurable threshold value in each re-transmitted authorization request until an approval is received from the issuer processor or a reduced transaction value falls below the configurable threshold value.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the iterative reduction of the transaction value comprises a reduction by an incremental percentage of a predefined transaction value.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the iterative reduction of the transaction value comprises a stepwise reduction by a unit value.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein re-transmitting the authorization request is based on a resubmission schedule, and the method further comprising:

determining, by the payment processing computing system, the resubmission schedule based on a partial authorization of the electronic transaction and a timing of the electronic transaction.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an authorization result from the issuer processor; and

updating a dataset of historical processing results using the received authorization result.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the payment processing computing system to the POS device, indication of an approved authorization when the issuer processor approves the authorization request.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein determining the resubmission schedule comprises:

identifying, by the payment processing computing system, a rule set associated with the electronic transaction.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations for managing recurring authorization requests for payment transactions, the operations comprising:

receiving, at a payment processing computing system, an authorization request from a point of sale (POS) device for an electronic transaction, the authorization request including a transaction value;

determining, by the payment processing computing system, a configurable threshold value associated with the electronic transaction;

transmitting, by the payment processing computing system, the authorization request to an issuer processor for approving the electronic transaction for the transaction value; and

based on determining that the issuer processor has declined the electronic transaction for insufficient funds, re-transmitting, by the payment processing computing system, the authorization request to the issuer processor for approval, re-transmitting the authorization request comprising an iterative reduction of the transaction value that is less than the transaction value and greater than the configurable threshold value in each re-transmitted authorization request until an approval is received from the issuer processor or a reduced transaction value falls below the configurable threshold value.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the iterative reduction of the transaction value comprises a reduction by an incremental percentage of a predefined transaction value.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the iterative reduction of the transaction value comprises a stepwise reduction by a unit value.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein re-transmitting the authorization request is based on a resubmission schedule, and the operations further comprising:

determining, by the payment processing computing system, the resubmission schedule based on a partial authorization of the electronic transaction and a timing of the electronic transaction.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:

receiving an authorization result from the issuer processor; and

updating a dataset of historical processing results using the received authorization result.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:

transmitting, by the payment processing computing system to the POS device, indication of an approved authorization when the issuer processor approves the authorization request.

14. A computing system for managing recurring authorization requests for payment transactions, the computing system comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

receive, at a payment processing computing system, an authorization request from a point of sale (POS) device for an electronic transaction, the authorization request including a transaction value;

determine, by the payment processing computing system, a configurable threshold value associated with the electronic transaction;

transmit, by the payment processing computing system, the authorization request to an issuer processor for approving the electronic transaction for the transaction value; and

based on determining that the issuer processor has declined the electronic transaction for insufficient funds, re-transmitting, by the payment processing computing system, the authorization request to the issuer processor for approval, re-transmitting the authorization request comprising an iterative reduction of the transaction value that is less than the transaction value and greater than the configurable threshold value in each re-transmitted authorization request until an approval is received from the issuer processor or a reduced transaction value falls below the configurable threshold value.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the iterative reduction of the transaction value comprises a reduction by an incremental percentage of a predefined transaction value.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the iterative reduction of the transaction value comprises a stepwise reduction by a unit value.

17. The system of claim 14 , wherein re-transmitting the authorization request is based on a resubmission schedule, and wherein the instructions executed by the processor further cause the processor to:

determine, by the payment processing computing system, the resubmission schedule based on a partial authorization of the electronic transaction and a timing of the electronic transaction.

18. The system of claim 14 , wherein the instructions executed by the at least one processor further cause the at least one processor to:

receive an electronic transaction result from the issuer processor; and

update a dataset of historical processing results using the received electronic transaction result.

19. The system of claim 14 , wherein the instructions executed by the at least one processor further cause the at least one processor to:

transmit, by the payment processing computing system to the POS device, indication of an approved authorization when the issuer processor approves the authorization request.

20. The system of claim 14 , wherein the electronic transaction is one of a series of recurring transactions of a predefined transaction amount.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTERESTS RECORDED AT REEL/FRAMES 066626/0655, 066625/0426, 066625/0347, AND 066625/0276 Recorded Jan 12, 2026
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: WORLDPAY, LLC; WORLDPAY ISO AND ECOMMERCE, LLC; PAYMETRIC, LLC; WORLDPAY US, LLC
Reel/Frame 074314/0622 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RECORDED AT R/F 066624/0719 Recorded Jan 12, 2026
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: WORLDPAY, LLC
Reel/Frame 074315/0412 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2024
From: WORLDPAY, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 066624/0719 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2024
From: WORLDPAY, LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 066626/0655 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2021
From: DIXIT, SUNIL
To: VANTIV, LLC
Reel/Frame 057029/0254 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 30, 2021
From: VANTIV, LLC
To: WORLDPAY, LLC
Reel/Frame 057043/0397 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16730504 · Dec 30, 2019
Continuation 15380486 · Dec 15, 2016
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