Systems and methods for providing user-specific dynamic content for facilitating online transactions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11580597-B2
Application number	US-202117529790-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2021
Priority date	Apr 7, 2006
Publication date	Feb 14, 2023
Grant date	Feb 14, 2023

Abstract

Methods and systems for automatically providing dynamic content for facilitating a transaction are described herein. An online marketplace is accessed by a client device over a network. A user identifier associated with the client device is passed to a payment service provider via a merchant system associated with the online market place. Dynamic content is generated by the payment service provider in response to the user identifier and subsequently served to the client device over the network.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An account provider system, comprising:
a non-transitory memory storing instructions; and
one or more hardware processors communicatively coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to execute the instructions to cause the account provider system to perform operations comprising:
accessing user identifier information associated with a user account with the account provider system;
receiving a selection of a merchant website identifier via a web browser interface of a web browser application of a user device;
providing, via the web browser application, the user device access to a merchant website associated with the merchant website identifier;
determining dynamic content to be provided to the web browser application based on the user identifier information;
providing the dynamic content to the web browser application while the merchant website is presented on the user device; and
after receiving the selection of the merchant website identifier and before receiving an additional user selection from the user device, causing the user device to display, via the web browser application, the dynamic content.

2. The account provider system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise sending information associated with the user account to a merchant system associated with the merchant website.

3. The account provider system of claim 2 , wherein the information associated with the user account comprises one or more of online shopping activity or browsing information.

4. The account provider system of claim 3 , wherein the dynamic content comprises one or more of advertising information, marketing information, financial information, transaction information, or rating information.

5. The account provider system of claim 4 , wherein at least a portion of the dynamic content is provided by the account provider system to the merchant system associated with the merchant website.

6. The account provider system of claim 5 , wherein the account provider system is a payment service provider system, and wherein the user account is a financial account with the payment service provider system.

7. The account provider system of claim 1 , wherein the dynamic content includes a user interface comprising a user-selectable element, wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving an input via the user-selectable element; and
causing the dynamic content to change based on the input.

8. The account provider system of claim 1 , wherein to the operations further comprise obtaining, via the web browser application, the user identifier information from a cookie stored on the user device.

9. A method of providing content comprising:
receiving, by an account provider system, user information associated with a user account;
after receiving the user information, detecting, by the account provider system, to an access of a merchant website associated with a merchant server by a browser application of a user device;
determining, by the account provider system, content to be provided to the user device based on the merchant website;
providing the content to the browser application while merchant content from the merchant website is presented on the user device; and
causing the content to be displayed on the user device via the browser application without requiring a user of the user device to log in to the user account.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the determining the content to be provided to the user device is further based on a product associated with the merchant website.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the determining the content to be provided to the user device is further based on a service associated with the merchant website.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising sending information associated with the user account to a merchant system associated with the merchant website.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the information associated with the user account comprises one or more of online shopping activity or browsing information.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the content comprises one or more of advertising information, marketing information, financial information, transaction information, or rating information.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein at least a portion of the content is provided by the account provider system to the browser application via a merchant system associated with the merchant website.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the account provider system is a payment service provider system, and wherein the user account is a financial account with the payment service provider system.

17. A method of providing content comprising:
receiving, by an account provider system and via a browser application operating on a user device, user information associated with a user account of a user, wherein the user information comprises financial information associated with the user;
providing, by the account provider system and via the browser application, the user device access to an account website associated with the account provider system;
receiving, by the account provider system and via the account website, a selection of a merchant website identifier associated with a merchant server;
determining content to be provided to the browser application based on the user information and the merchant website identifier;
providing the content to the browser application;
after receiving the selection of the merchant website identifier, causing, by the account provider system, the user device to display the content via the browser application without requiring the user to communicate user account authentication information to the account provider system; and
after causing the user device to display the content, providing the user device access to a merchant website associated with the merchant website identifier via the browser application.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the content comprises one or more of advertising information, marketing information, financial information, transaction information, or rating information.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:
determining, by the account provider system, second content to be provided to the browser application based on the user information;
providing the second content to the browser application while the browser application is accessing the merchant website; and
causing the second content to be displayed on the user device via the browser application.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the providing the second content comprises causing a merchant system to embed the second content into a webpage served to the browser application while the browser application is accessing the merchant website.

21. The method of claim 17 , wherein the content includes a user interface comprising a user-selectable element, and wherein the method further comprises:
receiving an input via the user-selectable element; and
causing the content to change based on the input.

22. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
determining, by the account provider system, that the browser application is accessing a second merchant website;
determining third content to be provided to the browser application based on the user information and the second merchant website;
providing the third content to the browser application while the browser application is accessing the second merchant website; and
causing the third content to be displayed one the user device via t

Assignees

• Paypal Inc

Inventors

• Olliphant Hugo
• Tanaka Ray
• Tien Alan
• Vella Roy

Classifications

• G06Q20/227

  characterised in that multiple accounts are available, e.g. to the payer · CPC title

• G06Q30/0253

  During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions · CPC title

• G06Q30/02

  Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising · CPC title

• G06Q30/0601

  Electronic shopping [e-shopping] · CPC title

• G07F17/16

  for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like · CPC title