Inventors:
Brian Brendell - Springfield NJ, US
I-Hsin Chuang - Brooklyn NY, US
Carlos Korten - Brooklyn NY, US
Nicole Lewis - New York NY, US
Assignee:
American Express Travel Related Services Company Inc. - New York NY
International Classification:
G06Q 30/06
Abstract:
A contactless payment system for merchant transactions (e.g., a restaurant) comprises generating, at the contactless payment system, a total bill of purchases associated with a consumer, associating a unique identifier of a RFID tag or a QR code with the total bill, transmitting the total bill and associated unique identifier to a consumer accessible payment network, and receiving payment from the consumer for satisfaction of the total bill. The consumer submits the payment using a contactless-enabled device, such as a smartphone. The contactless-enabled device may interrogate the RFID tag or read the QR code to receive the unique identifier and a payment network link. Furthermore, the contactless-enabled device submits a payment transaction request to the payment network, where the payment transaction request includes the unique identifier and an account identifier. The payment network receives the payment transaction request and locates the total bill using the unique identifier as a key.