US Patent 9229964 Database cloning and migration for quality assurance

Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods for cloning a production database for quality assurance (QA) by the merchant users. A QA user may request tokens, card types and other data associated with a payment device for quality assurance purposes. The payment network redirects the QA request to a go-between database that is present between the QA user and the production environment of the payment network rather than pull the information directly from the production environment. As a result, the merchant is able to use tokens for testing, without violating consumer privacy and security rules and regulations (e.g., PCI rules). The QA user does not have to create a customized testing solution.