Patent ID: 11887116
Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A server comprising at least one processor configured to execute processor-executable instructions stored on at least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of the server, wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server to:
receive a request to authorize a payment associated with a payment card;
transmit an instruction to an orientation tracking module of the payment card to determine an orientation of the payment card and to transmit a signal corresponding to the determined orientation to the server;
receive the determined orientation of the payment card from the orientation tracking module of the payment card;
execute a first authentication protocol when the determined orientation of the payment card corresponds to a first orientation, wherein the first authentication protocol defines a first additional procedure to authorize the payment; and
execute a second authentication protocol when the determined orientation of the payment card corresponds to a second orientation, wherein the second authentication protocol defines a second additional procedure to authorize the payment.