Patent ID: 11869000
Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A system comprising a server including at least one processor for executing program instructions, the server being programmed or configured to:
receive a first notification based on issuance of at least one first new payment device;
in response to receiving the first notification, generate at least one first new token associated with the at least one first new payment device;
link, in at least one database, the at least one first new token to at least one previous token associated with at least one previously issued payment device;
receive a second notification based on issuance of at least one second new payment device;
in response to receiving the second notification, generate at least one second new token associated with the at least one second new payment device;
link, in the at least one database, the at least one second new token to the at least one first new token so that the at least one previous token, the at least one first new token, and the at least one second new token are serially linked in a chain of tokens;
determine to deactivate the at least one first new payment device;
in response to determining to deactivate the at least one first new payment device, modify, in the at least one database, the chain to remove a first link from between the at least one previous token and the at least one first new token, to remove a second link from between the at least one first new token and the at least one second new token, and to link the at least one previous token to the at least one second new token;
receive a transaction request comprising a token of the chain generated before the at least one second new token; and
process the transaction request by communicating the at least one second new token to an issuer.