AGGREGATING MULTIPLE TRANSACTION PROTOCOLS FOR TRANSACTING BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF DISTINCT PAYMENT ACQUIRING DEVICES AND A TRANSACTION ACQUIRER

摘要

Aggregating multiple transaction protocols for transacting between a plurality of distinct payment acquiring devices and a transaction acquirer includes using a multi-protocol meta-model to consistently abstract a protocol of electronic messages received by each distinct payment acquiring device to a transaction acquirer compatible protocol and forwarding a transaction message based on the abstracted protocol and the original electronic message to a transaction acquirer.