Location-based payment system and method
A virtual payment system including a customer-specific, customer geolocation responsive, limited time duration payment identifier generator operative to generate a customer-specific, customer geolocation responsive, limited time duration payment identifier, a customer-specific limited time duration payment identifier communicator operative to communicate the customer-specific, customer geolocation responsive, limited time duration payment identifier to a customer and a limited time duration payment identifier validator, operative to verify genuineness and timeliness of the customer-specific, customer geolocation responsive, limited time duration payment identifier presented by the customer at a point of sale.
1. A virtual payment method comprising:
generating a customer-specific, merchant specific, customer geolocation responsive, limited time duration payment identifier, wherein generating is conducted, automatically, by a customer-specific, merchant specific, customer geolocation responsive, limited time duration payment identifier generator, comprising at least one computer processor, and is generated in response to a customer order for at least one specific product;
communicating said customer-specific, merchant specific, customer geolocation responsive, limited time duration payment identifier to a customer; and
verifying correctness and timeliness of said customer-specific, merchant specific, customer geolocation responsive, limited time duration payment identifier when presented by said customer to a point of sale device at a merchant location, wherein the correctness and timeliness is verified by a limited time duration transaction identifier validator in communication with the point of sale device;
wherein the generating of said customer-specific, merchant location-specific, customer geolocation responsive, limited time duration transaction identifier occurs remotely from said point of sale device.
2. The virtual payment method according to claim 1 and wherein said customer-specific, merchant specific, customer-specific, customer geolocation responsive, limited time duration payment identifier is operative as a purchase identifier.
3. The virtual payment method according to claim 1 and wherein the limited time duration transaction identifier validator is co-located with said point of sale device.
4. The virtual payment method according to claim 1 and wherein the limited time duration transaction identifier validator is located at a location remote from said point of sale device.
5. The virtual payment method according to claim 1 and wherein said customer-specific, merchant specific, customer-specific, customer geolocation responsive, limited time duration payment identifier is valid at a single point of sale device.
6. The virtual payment method according to claim 1 and wherein said customer-specific, merchant specific, customer-specific, customer geolocation responsive, limited time duration payment identifier is valid at multiple point of sale devices within a geolocation-determined range of said customer.
7. The virtual payment card method according to claim 1 and wherein said limited time duration payment identifier is valid for a geolocation-determined time which is a function of travel time between a location of said customer and said point of sale device at the merchant location.