Media device payments remote control personalization and protection
OwnerSimon Hurryinventor
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Abstract
A server is operable to receive a media device identifying number (ID) and to create an established association between the media device with a payment account and to support at least one of payment authorization and payment clearing based at least in part on the media device ID and the payment account. The server is further operable to produce the payment account information to a smart card personalization service server to facilitate creation of a smart card with the payment account information that is associated with the media device. The server is also operable to produce the media device ID to the smart card personalization service server to facilitate creation of a smart card with the payment account information based in part on the media device ID.
Claims21
1-13. (canceled)
A method comprising:
- creating, by a payment device processing server, an established association between a user payment account and a media device, the media device having a media device identifier;
- receiving a purchase message for a purchase transaction, the purchase message including another media device identifier;
- determining, based at least in part on the established association between the user payment account and the media device, that a match exists between the media device identifier associated with the media device and the other media device identifier;
- and
- upon determining that the match exists, causing a purchase approval for the purchase transaction to be generated.
A server system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a storage medium coupled to the one or more processors, the storage medium encoded with a set of instructions, which when executed, causes the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
- creating an established association between a user payment account and a media device, the media device having a media device identifier;
- receiving a purchase message for a purchase transaction, the purchase message including another media device identifier;
- determining, based at least in part on the established association between the user payment account and the media device, that a match exists between the media device identifier associated with the media device and the other media device identifier;
- and
- upon determining that the match exists, causing a purchase approval for the purchase transaction to be generated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.