Granted Patent B2

US 9,785,921 · App. 15/174,672 · Granted Oct 10, 2017

Inventors: Charles McGinnis (Houston, TX); Christopher J. Baehr (Houston, TX); Charles R. Williams (Houston, TX)

Assignee: First Data Corporation

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Abstract

Claims (53)

1. A system, comprising:

a server; and

a point of sale (POS) device comprising

a camera;

at least one memory that stores computer-executable instructions; and

at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

identify received user information for a first transaction provided to a graphical user interface of the POS device;

facilitate the camera to capture an image of a check for the first transaction, wherein the image comprises financial information;

generate a first transaction message comprising the user information and the image of the check;

send the first transaction message to the server;

identify an indication received from the server that user enrollment is approved in a decoupled debit program based at least in part on the financial information of the check and user information for the first transaction, and further identify a user identifier received from the server for a decoupled debit program account; and

facilitate presentation of the indication via the graphical user interface.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user identifier further comprises a previously existing loyalty identifier.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user identifier comprises one or more of a Quick Response (QR) code and a barcode.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

send the user identifier to an email address or a phone number associated with the user.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

associate the user identifier with a wallet application on a user device.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the server receives transaction data from the first device, wherein the transaction data comprises user information associated with the user, a check image, and transaction information associated with a transaction;

the server determines financial information from the check image;

the server determines that the user enrollment is approved in a decoupled debit program based at least in part on the user information and the financial information;

the server associates the user identifier with the financial information;

the server completes at least a portion of the current transaction using the financial information;

the server generates a message indicative of the user enrollment being approved in the decoupled debit program, wherein the message further comprises the user identifier; and

the server generates the message to the first device.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the server further transmits the user information and the financial information to at least one validation server.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the server further retrieves additional data from the validation server based at least in part on the user information and the financial information.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the additional data comprises one or more of a credit history associated with the user, a user initiated transaction history from one or more merchant transactions, and a transactional history from a bank account associated with the user.

10. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

identifying, by a graphical user interface of a point of sale (POS) device and the processor, received user information provided for a first transaction;

capturing, by a camera of the POS device, an image of a check for the first transaction, wherein the image comprises financial information;

generating, by the processor, a first transaction message comprising the user information and the image of the check;

causing to send, by the processor, the first transaction message to a server;

identifying, by the processor, an indication received from the server that user enrollment is approved in a decoupled debit program based at least in part on the financial information of the check, user information for the first transaction, and a user identifier received from the server for a decoupled debit program account; and

causing to display, by the graphical user display of the POS device, the indication.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the user identifier further comprises a previously existing loyalty identifier.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the user identifier comprises one or more of a Quick Response (QR) code and a barcode.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , further comprising computer-executable instructions that cause the processor to perform: sending, by the processor, the user identifier to an email address or a phone number associated with the user.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , further comprising computer-executable instructions that cause the processor to perform: associating, by the processor, the user identifier with a wallet application on a user device.

15. A method comprising:

receiving, by a server, transaction data from a point of sale (POS) device, wherein the transaction data comprises user information associated with the user, a check image, and transaction information associated with a transaction;

determining, by the server, financial information from the check image captured by the POS device, wherein the image comprises financial information;

determining, by the server, that user enrollment is approved in a decoupled debit program based at least in part on the user information and the financial information;

associating, by the server, a user identifier with the financial information;

completing, by the server, at least a portion of the current transaction using the financial information;

generating, by the server, a message indicative of the user enrollment being approved in the decoupled debit program based at least in part on the financial information of the check and the user information for the first transaction, wherein the message further comprises the user identifier; and

transmitting, by the server, the message to the POS device.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising transmitting, by the server, the user information and the financial information to at least one validation server.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising retrieving, by the server, additional data from the validation server based at least in part on the user information and the financial information.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the additional data comprises one or more of a credit history associated with the user, a user initiated transaction history from one or more merchant transactions and a transactional history from the bank account associated with the user.

19. The method of claim 15 , further comprising obscuring, by the server, the identifier prior to the transmitting, by the server, the message to the POS device.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein determining, by the server, the financial information from the check image further comprises determining the financial information from the check image using optical character recognition (OCR).

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