Patent ID: 8762239

Claim:
A financial transaction system, comprising: a computer readable storage medium; and a processor in communication with the computer readable storage medium, the processor configured to: receive, from a reader device, a plurality of messages after the reader device has read non-financial transaction data relating to a financial transaction from a payment device storing the non-financial transaction data, the plurality of messages including: a financial transaction authorization request message for performing the financial transaction; and non-financial data including the non-financial transaction data relating to the financial transaction, the non-financial transaction data being transmitted from the reader device after the reader device has received a financial transaction authorization response message for completing the financial transaction, wherein the non-financial transaction data is erased from the reader device after transmission of the non-financial transaction data parse each of the plurality of messages to identify data for performing the financial transaction and the non-financial transaction data contained in the plurality of messages; and store the data for performing the financial transaction and the non-financial transaction data in a computer readable storage memory such that the non-financial transaction data is associated with the data for performing the financial transaction.