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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2009
John R. Wankmueller, Great Neck, NY (US);
John R. Wankmueller, Great Neck, NY (US);
MasterCard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
Pursuant to some embodiments, methods, systems, apparatus, computer program code and means for conducting an online transaction by a user operating a computer are provided which include identifying, at the computer, that the user has selected a secure payment option during a transaction with a merchant. The computer is caused to enter a private session. During the private session, payment card data from a physical payment card held by the user is received, and the payment card data is forwarded to a payment provider to cause the payment provider to provide substitute payment card details to the merchant to complete the transaction.