Patent ID: 11954677
Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. A computer-implemented method for authorizing an appliance to process a transaction, comprising:
registering, with at least one processor, an original account identifier to at least one appliance, wherein the original account identifier is a payment account number not associated with any user;
generating, with the at least one processor, a device token based at least on the original account identifier, wherein the device token is stored by the at least one appliance, and wherein the at least one of the original account identifier and the device token is associated with a payment account identifier;
generating, with the at least one processor, a device profile for the at least one appliance based at least partially on at least one of the following appliance parameters: model, manufacturer, transaction history, age, service history, or any combination thereof;
receiving, from the at least one appliance, a transaction request comprising at least one of the original account identifier and the device token;
generating, with the at least one processor, an authorization request comprising the original account identifier; and
communicating the authorization request to an issuer system associated with the original account identifier.