Configurable transaction management controller and method thereof

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing a plurality of instructions stored thereon, the stored plurality of instructions being executed by a transaction management controller in communication with a remote configuration device, a point of interaction device, and a business management engine,

• wherein execution of the plurality of instructions cause the transaction management controller to:
• receive, over one or more networks, a transaction amount for a payment transaction from the business management engine provided separately from the transaction management controller, the transaction amount included in at least one of a uniform resource locator (URL) that corresponds to the transaction management controller or within a body of a first Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) message, wherein the transaction management controller comprises a set of local features for managing payment processing for payment transactions;
• receive, over the one or more networks, payment card data from the point of interaction device provided separately from the transaction management controller and the business management engine, wherein the point of interaction device and the business management engine are communicatively isolated from each other via the transaction management controller, the transaction management controller situated in the one or more networks between the business management engine and the point of interaction device, wherein the point of interaction device comprises a set of local features for initiating payment transactions;
• generate a payment authorization request message embodied as a second HTTP message different from the first HTTP message, wherein the payment authorization request message includes the transaction amount received from the business management engine;
• insert the payment card data received from the point of interaction device into the payment authorization request message;
• transmit, over the one or more networks, the payment authorization request message to a payment network;
• receive, over the one or more networks, a payment authorization response message from the payment network, wherein the payment authorization response message comprises a response to the payment authorization request message;
• transmit, over the one or more networks, the payment authorization response message to the business management engine, the business management engine being configured to generate a receipt based at least in part on the payment authorization response message;
• receive, over the one or more networks from a remote configuration device, a first feature modification message comprising configuration data to modify a feature of the set of local features of the transaction management controller, wherein the transaction management controller generates the payment authorization request message based at least in part on the first feature modification message;
• and
• receive, over the one or more networks from the remote configuration device, a second feature modification message comprising configuration data to modify a feature of the set of local features of the point of interaction device, wherein the transaction management controller is configured to modify the feature of the set of local features of the transaction management controller based on the first feature modification message and modify the feature of the set of local features of the point of interaction device based on the second feature modification message.

A system for managing payment authorization messaging for payment transactions, the system comprising a remote configuration device in communication with a transaction management controller, the transaction management controller comprising a processor executing instructions stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the instructions cause the processor to:

• receive, over one or more networks, a transaction amount for a payment transaction from a business management engine provided separately from the transaction management controller, the transaction amount included in at least one of a uniform resource locator (URL) that corresponds to the transaction management controller or within a body of a first Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) message, wherein the transaction management controller comprises a set of local features for managing payment processing for payment transactions;
• receive, over the one or more networks, payment card data from a point of interaction device provided separately from the transaction management controller and the business management engine, wherein the point of interaction device and the business management engine are communicatively isolated from each other via the transaction management controller, the transaction management controller situated in the one or more networks between the business management engine and the point of interaction device, wherein the point of interaction device comprises a set of local features for initiating payment transactions;
• generate a payment authorization request message embodied as a second HTTP message different from the first HTTP message, wherein the payment authorization request message includes the transaction amount received from the business management engine;
• insert, into the payment authorization request message, the payment card data received from the point of interaction device;
• transmit, over the one or more networks, the payment authorization request message to a payment network;
• receive, over the one or more networks, a payment authorization response message from the payment network, wherein the payment authorization response comprises a response to the payment authorization request message;
• transmit, over the one or more networks, the payment authorization response message to the business management engine, the business management engine being configured to generate a receipt based at least in part on the payment authorization response message;
• receive, over the one or more networks from a remote configuration device, a first feature modification message comprising configuration data to modify a feature of the set of local features of the transaction management controller, wherein the transaction management controller generates the payment authorization request message based at least in part on the first feature modification message;
• and
• receive, over the one or more networks from the remote configuration device, a second feature modification message comprising configuration data to modify a feature of the set of local features of the point of interaction device, wherein the transaction management controller is configured to modify the feature of the set of local features of the transaction management controller based on the first feature modification message and modify the feature of the set of local features of the point of interaction device based on the second feature modification message.

A system for remotely configuring a transaction management controller, the system comprising:

• a transaction management controller communicatively coupled over one or more networks to a business management engine provided separately from the transaction management controller, a point of interaction device provided separately from the transaction management controller and the business management engine, and a payment network, wherein the business management engine is communicatively isolated from the point of interaction device via the transaction management controller that is situated in the one or more networks between the business management engine and the point of interaction device, and wherein the transaction management controller comprises a set of local features for managing payment processing for payment transactions and the point of interaction device comprises a set of local features for initiating payment transactions;
• and
• a remote configuration device in communication with the transaction management controller, the remote configuration device comprising a processor executing instructions stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the instructions cause the processor to:
• transmit, over the one or more networks, a first feature modification message to the transaction management controller, the first feature modification message comprising configuration data to modify a feature of the set of local features of the transaction management controller, wherein the transaction management controller generates a payment authorization request message based at least in part on the first feature modification message, the payment authorization request message comprising (i) a transaction amount included in at least one of a uniform resource locator (URL) that corresponds to the transaction management controller or within a body of a first Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) message received over the one or more networks from the business management engine and (ii) payment card data received over the one or more networks from the point of interaction device and inserted into the payment authorization request message, wherein the payment authorization request message is embodied as a second HTTP message different from the first HTTP message;
• and
• transmit a second feature modification message to the transaction management controller, the second feature modification message comprising configuration data to modify a feature of the set of local features of the point of interaction device, wherein the transaction management controller is configured to modify the feature of the set of local features of the transaction management controller based on the first feature modification message and modify the feature of the set of local features of the point of interaction device based on the second feature modification message.