CIP Gateway Mode (Interactive API)

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CIP Gateway Mode (Interactive API)
1. SOF customer enters the SOF website.
2. Customer enters necessary information and
selects make payment.
3. SOF website extracts customer payment data to
pass to CIP
10. SOF presents the confirmation to the
customer.
4. SOF website connects to CIP and passes
application id, user id, password, and
transaction data.

• SOF customer service accesses payment data
  through internal systems and reports
• total time lapse between steps 3 - 11 estimated
  at 5 to 10 seconds (time will vary depending on
  the amount of data captured and passed)

9. Confirmations are passed from CIP to the SOF
website.
5. CIP authenticates application id, user id and
password
6. CIP validates payment data and processes the
payment
7. Confirmation is passed from the source
application to CIP
8. Confirmations codes are updated with the
payment data.
Blue SOF website (1 - 4,10) Green CIP website
(5 - 9)
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CIP Partial Mode (Interactive API)
1. SOF customer enters the SOF website.
3. SOF website connects to CIP and passes
application id
2. Customer enters necessary information (except
payment data) and selects make payment.

• CIP payment updates are real-time
• if information is needed before CIP reports are
  transmitted to SOF, then SOF customer service
  accesses payment data from CIP in web view or CSV
  reports
• if information is needed after reports are
  transmitted to SOF, then SOF customer service
  access payment data from internal systems and
  reports
• time lapse for connections and confirmations
  estimated at 5 -10 seconds (may vary depending on
  amount of data captured and passed)

10. Customer exits CIP and is sent back to the
SOF website
4. CIP authenticates application id and prompts
user if user id and password
9. CIP presents confirmations to the customer
5. CIP payment screen appears and the customer
enters payment data and selects make payment
6. CIP extracts necessary payment data and
processes the payment
7. Confirmation is passed from the source
application to CIP
8. Confirmations codes are updated with the
payment data.
Blue SOF website (1,2,3,10) Green CIP website
(4-9)
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CIP Full Mode (Interactive API)
1.Customer enters the CIP website.
3. CIP payment application appears to the
customer
2. Customer enters Application id, user id,
password.

• CIP payment updates are real-time
• if information is needed before CIP reports are
  transmitted to SOF, then SOF customer service
  accesses payment data from CIP in web view or CSV
  reports
• if information is needed after reports are
  transmitted to SOF, then SOF customer service
  access payment data from internal systems and
  reports
• time lapse for connections and confirmations
  estimated at 5 - 9 seconds (may vary depending on
  amount of data captured and passed)

9. Customer exits CIP
4. Customer enters information and payment data
8. CIP presents confirmations to the customer
5. CIP extracts necessary payment data and
processes the payment
7. Confirmations codes are updated with the
payment data.
6. Confirmation is passed from the source
application to CIP
Blue SOF website Green CIP website (1 -9)