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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2007
Peggy Brown, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Janet Guthrie, San Francisco, CA (US);
Edward Mclaughlin, Newtown, PA (US);
Samantha Ross, New York, NY (US);
Matthew Lanford, New York, NY (US);
Peggy Brown, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Janet Guthrie, San Francisco, CA (US);
Edward McLaughlin, Newtown, PA (US);
Samantha Ross, New York, NY (US);
Matthew Lanford, New York, NY (US);
MasterCard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
A method includes the steps of facilitating obtaining indicia identifying individual items to be purchased at a point of interaction, in conjunction with an inbound authorization request; facilitating translation of the indicia into a form understandable by a third party transaction approver, to obtain translated indicia; and facilitating transfer of the translated indicia to the third patty transaction approver for item-by-item validation on the individual items. The transfer of the translated indicia is in conjunction with an outbound authorization request. A system implementing the method can make use of an inventive transfer engine.