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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2004
Michael Rodin, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
David Baumgartner, Parker, CO (US);
Eric Eldred, Parker, CO (US);
Erik S. Crawford, Parker, CO (US);
Karen Larsen, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Kenneth Timbers, Englewood, CO (US);
Kevin Harte, Denver, CO (US);
Terra Geiger, Denver, CO (US);
Michael Rodin, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
David Baumgartner, Parker, CO (US);
Eric Eldred, Parker, CO (US);
Erik S. Crawford, Parker, CO (US);
Karen Larsen, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Kenneth Timbers, Englewood, CO (US);
Kevin Harte, Denver, CO (US);
Terra Geiger, Denver, CO (US);
First Data Corporation, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for executing such a bilateral action. A communication is received at a host system. A determination is made that the communication identifies a physical instrument that identifies an account of stored value. A request is transmitted to another host system to debit the account by an amount identified in the communication to support the bilateral action. A confirmation is received from the other host system that the account of stored value has been debited. An approval for the bilateral action is transmitted to an originating communications device.