Message recognition system and method configurable to define new message formats

A computing system, comprising:

• a processor connected to memory;
• and
• a reconfiguration module stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium and configured with instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
• in response to receiving, by at least the computer, an electronic transaction message from a remote device, analyze the electronic transaction message to determine a message type of the electronic transaction message;
• query a message type data structure to determine whether the message type is defined in the message type data structure;
• in response to determining that the message type is not defined in the message type data structure, generate a message type configuration interface comprising one or more input fields for defining the message type;
• receive one or more parameters via the one or more input fields of the message type configuration interface;
• generate a message type definition based upon the one or more parameters;
• and
• reconfigure the message type data structure to (i) include the message type definition generated and (ii) associate the message type definition with the message type.

A computer-implemented method performed by a computing device comprising a processor, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• in response to receiving, by at least the computer, an electronic transaction message from a remote device, analyzing, by at least the processor, the electronic transaction message to determine a message type of the electronic transaction message;
• querying, by at least the processor, a message type data structure to determine whether the message type is defined in the message type data structure;
• in response to determining that the message type is not defined in the message type data structure, generating, by at least the processor, a message type configuration interface comprising one or more input fields for defining the message type;
• receiving, by at least the processor, one or more parameters via the one or more input fields of the message type configuration interface;
• generating, by at least the processor, a message type definition based upon the one or more parameters;
• and
• reconfiguring, by at least the processor, the message type data structure to (i) include the message type definition generated and (ii) associate the message type definition with the message type.