Method for performing transactional communication using a universal transaction account identifier assigned to a customer

摘要

A method for sending a transactional message assigns a universal transactional account (UTA) identifier to a customer, associates the assigned UTA identifier with a customer account corresponding to the customer, assigns an account network address corresponding to a service provider, stores, in a routing database, the UTA identifier in association with the account network address, creates, using a second terminal including a processor, the transactional message comprising the UTA identifier and a value, and sends the transactional message to the service provider, the sending the transactional message to the service provider including using the routing database to look up the account network address corresponding to the UTA identifier and transmitting the transactional message to the account network address.