IP Library Granted Patent US 12,387,259
Granted Patent B2
US 12,387,259 · App. 18/336,354 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Merchant issued payment vehicles linked to preexisting financial accounts

Inventor: Bryan T. Bailey (Florence, KY)
Assignee: Worldpay, LLC
G06Q40/02G06Q20/227G06Q20/387G06Q20/4012G06Q30/0226
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Patent No.
US 12,387,259
App. No.
18/336,354
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for linking a customer's preexisting financial account to a merchant issued payment vehicle. If an account number associated with the preexisting financial account changes, the linking of the merchant issued payment vehicle is updated with an updated account number.

Claims (58)

1. A method comprising:

linking, by one or more processors of a computing system of an acquirer processor, a payment vehicle account number associated with a preexisting financial account to a merchant issued payment vehicle account number of a merchant issued payment vehicle that is only accepted for payment at a specific merchant;

obtaining an updated payment vehicle account number associated with the preexisting financial account; and

linking the updated payment vehicle account number with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the one or more processors of the computing system of an acquirer processor, a communication to a merchant computing device of a merchant associated with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number indicating that the updated payment vehicle account number is linked to the merchant issued payment vehicle account number.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the one or more processors of the computing system of an acquirer processor, transaction data associated with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number;

determining, by the one or more processors of the computing system of an acquirer processor, the updated payment vehicle account number linked to the merchant issued payment vehicle account number; and

providing, by the one or more processors of the computing system of an acquirer processor, the transaction data to a customer loyalty program associated with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

storing, by the one or more processors of the computing system of an acquirer processor the transaction data; and

providing, by the one or more processors of the computing system of an acquirer processor, the transaction data to a customer associated with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining, by the one or more processors of the computing system of an acquirer processor, the updated payment vehicle account number from an issuer of a payment vehicle associated with the updated payment vehicle account number.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the one or more processors of the computing system of an acquirer processor, that an authorization request was denied by an issuer of the payment vehicle account number; and

requesting, by the one or more processors of the computing system of an acquirer processor, the updated payment vehicle account number from the issuer based on determining that the authorization request was denied by the issuer.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the linking the updated payment vehicle account number with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number comprises linking, by the one or more processors of the computing system of an acquirer processor, the updated payment vehicle account number with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number in a database of an acquirer processor by a payment processing computing system of the acquirer processor.

8. A device comprising:

a memory configured to store instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:

linking a payment vehicle account number associated with a preexisting financial account to a merchant issued payment vehicle account number of a merchant issued payment vehicle that is only accepted for payment at a specific merchant;

obtaining an updated payment vehicle account number associated with the preexisting financial account; and

linking the updated payment vehicle account number with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

transmitting a communication to a merchant computing device of a merchant associated with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number indicating that the updated payment vehicle account number is linked to the merchant issued payment vehicle account number.

10. The device of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving transaction data associated with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number;

determining the updated payment vehicle account number linked to the merchant issued payment vehicle account number; and

providing the transaction data to a customer loyalty program associated with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:

storing the transaction data; and

providing the transaction data to a customer associated with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number.

12. The device of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

obtaining the updated payment vehicle account number from an issuer of a payment vehicle associated with the updated payment vehicle account number.

13. The device of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that an authorization request was denied by an issuer of the payment vehicle account number; and

requesting the updated payment vehicle account number from the issuer based on determining that the authorization request was denied by the issuer.

14. The device of claim 8 , wherein the linking the updated payment vehicle account number with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number comprises linking the updated payment vehicle account number with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number in a database of an acquirer processor by a payment processing computing system of the acquirer processor.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

linking a payment vehicle account number associated with a preexisting financial account to a merchant issued payment vehicle account number of a merchant issued payment vehicle that is only accepted for payment at a specific merchant;

obtaining an updated payment vehicle account number associated with the preexisting financial account; and

linking the updated payment vehicle account number with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

transmitting a communication to a merchant computing device of a merchant associated with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number indicating that the updated payment vehicle account number is linked to the merchant issued payment vehicle account number.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving transaction data associated with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number;

determining the updated payment vehicle account number linked to the merchant issued payment vehicle account number; and

providing the transaction data to a customer loyalty program associated with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:

storing the transaction data; and

providing the transaction data to a customer associated with the merchant issued payment vehicle account number.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

obtaining the updated payment vehicle account number from an issuer of a payment vehicle associated with the updated payment vehicle account number.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that an authorization request was denied by an issuer of the payment vehicle account number; and

requesting the updated payment vehicle account number from the issuer based on determining that the authorization request was denied by the issuer.

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 Jun 16, 2023
From: BAILEY, BRYAN T.
To: VANTIV, LLC
Reel/Frame 063975/0238 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 16, 2023
From: VANTIV, LLC
To: WORLDPAY, LLC
Reel/Frame 064014/0273 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17149177 · Jan 14, 2021
Continuation 16552563 · Aug 27, 2019
Continuation 15891611 · Feb 8, 2018
Continuation 14609542 · Jan 30, 2015
Related Publication 20230334562A1 · Oct 19, 2023
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