Patent ID: 8244612
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of adding a value redeemable with one or more providers including a specific provider having a customer account identified by a specific customer account number, the method utilizing a central processor in selective communication with a point of sale device and the one or more providers, the method comprising: receiving at the central processor from a point of sale terminal, a request to add value to the pre-existing customer account, the request comprising: the value identification data and account identification data being received by the point of sale device; determining by the central processor, the specific provider associated with the customer account; communicating by the central processor, with a processor of the specific provider; and providing by the central processor to the processor of the specific provider, the value identification data and the account identification data, wherein the value is added to the pre-existing customer account by the specific provider.