Integrated Communications Network For Transactions

摘要

An integrated communications network may be integrated with existing payment systems to provide for more efficient and secure payment related communications. The integrated communications network may use mobile network protocol encapsulation to provide more efficient, faster, and more robust payment related communications to a payment processor across a mobile network. The integrated communications network may implement a location-aware network communications system that may allow a payment processor to obtain additional information about a consumer using a location-aware header of a network communication.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a mobile switching center associated with a first mobile network, a transaction request message from a computing device communicating with a second mobile network, the transaction request message received via a switch configured to connect a plurality of mobile networks, wherein the second mobile network is remote from the first mobile network and local to the computing device; converting, by a protocol conversion module, the transaction request message from a first protocol to a second protocol; sending the converted transaction request message to a payment processing server, wherein the payment processing server processes a transaction associated with the converted transaction request message; receiving a transaction response message from the payment processing server; converting the transaction response message from the second protocol to the first protocol; and sending a converted transaction response message to the computing device via the switch.