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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
May. 12, 2014
Visa U.s.a. Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrick Gauthier, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian Maw, Belmont, CA (US);
Patrick Faith, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Barbara Patterson, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Visa U.S.A. Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for using a secured account number for processing proximity types of wireless financial transactions associated with portable consumer proximity devices is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a proximity type of wireless financial transaction request along with a secured account number from a portable proximity consumer device such as a contactless smart card, converting the secured account number to the user's real account number, and transmitting the financial transaction request along with the user's real account number to the issuer of the user's real account number for authorization and processing.