Patent ID: 9165298
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of remotely synchronizing pin-pad terminals with a central transactions database, each said pin-pad terminal being configured to communicate with a network gateway and having a memory storing particulars of at least one authorized transaction authorized using said pin-pad terminal and a running total value of all transactions authorized using said pin-pad terminal, the network gateway being in communication with at least one of the pin-pad terminals and a merchant acquirer server, the method comprising: the network gateway receiving from the merchant acquirer server an authorization code for one of the authorized transactions and saving in a central transactions database the particulars of the one authorized transaction; the network gateway receiving a request to close out all the saved transactions and receiving from one of the pin-pad terminals an authorization request message requesting authorization for an additional transaction and, in response the network gateway: