Methods and systems for merchant selection of network routing

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8960540
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14019426

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A system and method for operating a payment terminal, the method including receiving a list of eligible applications from a payment device; generating a candidate list including applications from the list of eligible applications received that are supported by the payment terminal; determining a reduced candidate list, the reduced candidate list including applications from the candidate list that match merchant-specified network preference criteria; determining a final selection of an application based on the reduced candidate list; and providing an indication of the final selection application.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mestre, Patrick Namur, BE 15 61
Smets, Patrik Nijlen, BE 72 1612
Van, de Velde Eddy Leuven, BE 14 41

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