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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2022
Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Ian David Alan Maddocks, Broughton, GB;
Alan Johnson, Maldon, GB;
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
A network management system includes: a memory configured to store instructions; and a parallel processor configured to execute the instructions to: (a) receive a request for a transaction; (b) determine a first authorization decision for the request; (c) determine a second authorization decision for the request; and (d) perform a first procedure when the first authorization decision is different from the second authorization decision. The request corresponds to use of electronic payment for the transaction and wherein the first authorization decision is generated in parallel with generation of the second authorization decision.