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US 10,990,941 · App. 14/699,511 · Granted Apr 27, 2021

Systems and methods for facilitating payments

Inventors: Stan DeVan (Mount Royal, NJ); Daniel Scott Poswolsky (Plainview, NY); Janice Mathews (New York, NY); Beverly Kennedy (Wilmington, DE)
Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
G06Q20/12G06Q20/227G06Q20/36G06Q20/40
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Patent No.
US 10,990,941
App. No.
14/699,511
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

Systems and methods for facilitating payments are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for facilitating a transaction may include (1) a customer selects a good or service to purchase from a merchant; (2) the customer being authenticated with a financial institution; and (3) the financial institution associating a unique identifier for the customer's merchant account with the customer's financial institution account. In another embodiment, a method for facilitating a transaction may include (1) a customer selecting a good or service to purchase from a merchant; (2) the customer being authenticated with a financial institution; (3) the financial institution provisioning a merchant-specific identifier for the merchant; and (4) the financial institution providing the merchant-specific token to the merchant.

Claims (42)

1. A method for facilitating a transaction, comprising:

at a financial institution comprising an information processing device comprising at least one computer processor:

establishing an online session with a merchant involved in an online transaction with a customer in a first interface;

validating the merchant as a registered merchant;

providing the merchant with a session identifier for the online session that uniquely identifies online session between the financial institution and the merchant;

providing the merchant with a financial institution logon page for the customer in a second interface, the second interface associated with the session identifier, wherein the second interface comprises a lightbox;

receiving financial institution logon information for the customer from the second interface;

validating the financial institution customer logon information;

receiving a selection of a payment account and a shipping address for the online transaction from the second interface;

providing the merchant with a token for the payment account in the first interface;

receiving a payment request from the merchant, the payment request comprising the token and the session identifier; and

approving the payment request.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the session identifier comprises a session token.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second interface comprises a separate browser window.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the logon page is pre-populated with a customer identifier.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the session identifier is received with the logon information from the customer.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a device identifier is received prior to providing the logon page.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein at least one customer identifier to present to the customer on the logon page is identified based on the device identifier.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the merchant receives an IP address of the customer.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

presenting a plurality of payment accounts in an electronic wallet for the user as payment options.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein one of the plurality of accounts in the electronic wallet is preselected.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the account is a non-payment account.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the non-payment account is one of a line of credit, a mortgage, and a rewards point account.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the account comprises an application for an account.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating the session identifier with the online transaction.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying the payment account using the token and the session identifier received from the merchant.

16. A method for facilitating a transaction, comprising:

at a financial institution comprising an information processing device comprising at least one computer processor:

authenticating a customer that has selected a good or service to purchase from a merchant;

establishing an online session with the merchant in a first interface and providing the merchant with a session identifier for the online session that uniquely identifies the online session between the financial institution and the merchant;

providing the merchant with a financial institution logon page for the customer in a second interface, the second interface associated with the session identifier, wherein the second interface comprises a lightbox;

receiving financial institution logon information from the customer in the online session from the second interface;

validating the financial institution customer logon information;

receiving a selection of a payment account for conducting the transaction and the session identifier from the second interface;

provisioning a merchant-specific payment token for the payment account; and

providing the merchant-specific payment token to the merchant in the first interface;

wherein the merchant-specific payment token can only be used with the merchant;

wherein the merchant stores the merchant-specific token for a future transaction with the customer.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the session identifier comprises a session token.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the second interface comprises a separate browser window.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2015
From: KENNEDY, BEVERLY
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 036204/0754 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2015
From: MATHEWS, JANICE
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 036182/0288 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2015
From: DEVAN, STAN; POSWOLSKY, DANIEL SCOTT
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 036164/0620 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62148493 · Apr 16, 2015
Provisional Application 62107800 · Jan 26, 2015
Provisional Application 62037891 · Aug 15, 2014
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