Patent ID: 9666023
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G06Q,G07F

Claim:
1. A lottery data transfer method for processing lottery ticket data that piggybacks on a merchant's financial transaction card exchange system on an existing private network without establishing an actual transaction card account associated with lottery tickets, the method comprising acts of: assigning a routing code to the lottery tickets that is unique in the merchant's financial transaction card exchange system, the routing code having a lottery data blob associated therewith, wherein the routing code is recognized in the merchant's financial transaction card exchange system without establishing an actual transaction card account by an issuing processor for the respective lottery ticket; entering the routing code and the lottery data blob into an existing transaction card activation protocol to initiate transfer of the lottery data blob from the lottery ticket to a central lottery site via the merchant's financial transaction card exchange system; at the issuing processor within the merchant's financial transaction card exchange system, recognizing the routing code and initiating routing of the lottery data blob to the central lottery site for further processing without associating the routing code with an actual transaction card account; processing the lottery data blob at the central lottery site outside normal processing procedures of the merchant's financial transaction card exchange system used for transactions with actual transaction card accounts; and wherein the issuing processor is a private network transaction card issuing processor that is interfaced directly with a merchant's Point-Of-Sale (POS) location without an intermediary acquiring processor, the issuing processor associated with a financial institution that issues actual transaction card accounts.