摘要 |
A method for associating a merchant account with violating activity includes: storing a plurality of merchant profiles, each profile including at least a merchant identifier; receiving a uniform resource locator or hyperlink captured from distributed electronic content that is identified as being in violation of a rule or regulation; navigating, via a browsing application program, to a webpage via the received uniform resource locator or hyperlink; initiating a payment transaction for the purchase of goods or services via the webpage; receiving an authorization request for the payment transaction, wherein the authorization request includes at least a merchant identification; transmit an authorization response in response to the received authorization request; identifying, in the database, a specific merchant profile where the included merchant identifier corresponds to the merchant identification; and indicating, in the database, the specific merchant profile as being in violation of the rule or regulation. |
主权项 |
1. A method for associating a merchant account with violating activity, comprising:
storing, in a database, a plurality of merchant profiles, wherein each merchant profile includes data related to a merchant including at least a merchant identifier; receiving, by a receiving device, a uniform resource locator or hyperlink captured from distributed electronic content that is identified as being in violation of a rule or regulation; navigating, via a browsing application program, to a webpage via the received uniform resource locator or hyperlink; initiating, by a processing device, a payment transaction for the purchase of goods or services via the webpage; receiving, by the receiving device, an authorization request for the payment transaction, wherein the authorization request includes at least a merchant identification; transmit, by a transmitting device, an authorization response in response to the received authorization request; identifying, in the database, a specific merchant profile where the included merchant identifier corresponds to the merchant identification; and indicating, in the database, the specific merchant profile as being in violation of the rule or regulation. |