Patent ID: 9129278
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method to process credit card transactions, comprising: obtaining, by the master merchant computer system from a credit card processor computer system of a credit card transaction network, a plurality of available merchant account IDs; transmitting, by a master merchant computer system separate from the credit card processor computer system, a merchant account set up application to a computer system of a merchant of a plurality of merchants; receiving, by the master merchant computer system and after obtaining the plurality of available merchant account IDs and providing the merchant account set up application, a request from the computer system of the merchant via the merchant account set up application to set up a merchant account of the plurality of merchant accounts, wherein the request comprises a name of the merchant; receiving, by the master merchant computer system from a credit card processor computer system, a credit approval of the merchant; assigning, by the master merchant computer system and in response to the credit approval of the merchant and the request, a merchant account ID selected from the plurality of available merchant account IDs to the merchant for setting up the merchant account; receiving, by the master merchant computer system from the credit card processor computer system, a record of a credit card transaction of the merchant, wherein the credit card transaction includes the merchant account ID; identifying, by the master merchant computer system, the name of the merchant based on the merchant account ID included in the record of the credit card transaction; generating, by the master merchant computer system, an amended record of the credit card transaction by at least adding the name of the merchant to the record of the credit card transaction; and sending, by the master merchant computer system, the amended record of the credit card transaction to the credit card processor computer system.