| US 7,577,599 B2 | ||
| Method and system for processing electronic payment transactions | ||
| Douglas J. Sanchez, Miami, Fla. (US); Trung Nguyen, Sunrise, Fla. (US); and Michael Palermo, Coral Springs, Fla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to First Data Corporation, Greenwood Village, Colo. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 12, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/799,254. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0203842 A1, Sep. 15, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06Q 40/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 705—35 [705/36] | 46 Claims |
| 1. A method for processing an electronic payment transaction, comprising:
receiving, by a processor located at a merchant site, a request to process an electronic payment transaction from at least
one payment terminal located at the merchant site, the request having a format type;
determining, by the processor located at the merchant site, the format type of the request from among a plurality of predetermined
second format types;
identifying, by the processor located at the merchant site, a host computer configured to process the determined format type
from among a plurality of host computers, each host computer being configured to process at least one of the predetermined
second format types; and
transmitting the request to the identified host computer.
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