Systems and methods for monitoring attendance of persons via payment networks

A system for monitoring attendance of a person at an organizer, the system comprising:

• a memory comprising an identifier for each of multiple people enrolled to receive incentives from an incentive provider in connection with attendance at an organizer, and an attendance profile for each of the multiple people indicative of attendance by the person at the organizer;
• and
• a processor in communication with the memory, the processor configured to:
• receive, via a payment network, an authorization message compliant with an ISO standard for financial transaction messages, the authorization message including a plurality of data elements consistent with the ISO standard, one or more of the data elements including:
• (a) a program code associated with the incentive provider and (b) a personal identifier indicative of a person;
• identify the authorization message as an attendance message based on the program code included in the authorization message;
• identify the person, in the memory, as one of the multiple people enrolled to receive incentives from the incentive provider in connection with attendance at the organizer, based on the personal identifier;
• append an attendance entry to the attendance profile for the person in the memory, based on the attendance of the person at the organizer indicated in the authorization message, whereby an incentive provided by the incentive provider and associated with the attendance of the person at the organizer is able to be allocated to the person;
• after appending the attendance entry to the attendance profile for the person, compare the attendance profile to a defined threshold;
• and
• when the attendance profile satisfies the defined threshold, cause the incentive associated with the attendance of the person at the organizer to be allocated to the person.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage media including computer-executable instructions for monitoring attendance of a person at an organizer, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• access, via a payment network, an authorization message generated by an organizer, the authorization message compliant with an ISO standard for financial transaction messages, the authorization message including a plurality of data elements consistent with the ISO format, one of the data elements including at least:
• (a) a program code associated with an incentive provider and (b) a personal identifier indicative of a person, and one of the data elements including at least an organizer identifier indicative of an organizer, the incentive provider configured to provide incentives to multiple people based on attendance at a location associated with the organizer;
• identify the authorization message as an attendance message based on the program code included in the authorization message;
• identify the person, based on the personal identifier in the authorization message, as one of the multiple people for receiving an incentive from the incentive provider in connection with attendance of the person at the organizer;
• compile an attendance report for the person based on the attendance of the person at the organizer;
• and
• transmit the attendance report to one or both of the incentive provider and the organizer.