Patent ID: 7823774
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for verifying online credit card purchases comprising the steps of: retrieving an event from an internet browser used by a credit card customer; where the event is a post event of a credit card transaction to an online store, parsing the event for a credit card number; where a credit card number is found, sending verification data from the internet browser directly to a credit card company that is the issuer of the credit card number; getting validation data from a plug-in in the internet browser; saving the validation data for a billing process; and using the validation data to provide online purchase notations on a customer's bill sent to the credit card customer; and wherein the step of using the validation data to provide online purchase notations on a customer's bill includes the steps of: processing each customer's account and considering each charge in a billing cycle from charge data provided by a vendor to find a corresponding amount in the validation data; and where there is a corresponding amount match in the validation data, notating on the customer's bill that the billing entry is correct and validated.