Facilitating sending and receiving of payments between users in a group

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016117651-A1
Application number	US-201414525000-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 27, 2014
Priority date	Oct 27, 2014
Publication date	Apr 28, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for sending and receiving payments using an integrated payment and messaging system. In particular, the integrated payment and messaging system allows users to send and receive electronic payments as well as exchange messages. Additional implementations involve facilitating payment transaction by inferring payment events. Still further implementations involve facilitating payment transactions between groups of users. In addition to the foregoing, one or more implementations allow a user to initiate payment transactions without first providing a payment credential.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
analyzing, by at least one processor, one or more electronic messages; identifying a payment event based on the analysis of the one or more electronic messages; identifying co-users associated with the payment event; providing, to a user of the co-users and by the at least one processor, an option to request a payment from the co-users.

2 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the one or more electronic messages comprise one or more electronic messages in one or more information feeds corresponding to the co-users.

3 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the one or more electronic messages comprise one or more electronic messages exchanged between at least two of the co-users.

4 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein identifying the co-users associated with the payment event comprises determining that the one or more electronic messages comprise identifiers corresponding to the co-users.

5 . The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a payment amount from the one or more electronic messages; and providing the payment amount in the option to request a payment from the co-users.

6 . The method as recited in claim 5 , further comprising:
dividing the payment amount by a number of co-users; and providing the divided payment amount in separate payment requests for each of the co-users.

7 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein identifying the payment event based on the analysis of the one or more electronic messages comprises identifying a natural language phrase, from the one or more electronic messages, indicating the payment event.

8 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein identifying the payment event based on the analysis of the one or more electronic messages comprises identifying that users connected in a social network are together at a location.

9 . The method as recited in claim 8 , wherein identifying that users connected in a social network are together at a location comprises:
determining that a first user is at a location that accepts payments; identifying friends of the first user; and determining if any of the friends of the first user are at the location.

10 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
identifying a payment event based on the analysis of the one or more electronic messages comprises determining a life event for a first user; identifying co-users associated with the payment event comprises identifying friends of the first user that are also friends.

11 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the payment event is a presently occurring event or a future event.

12 . A method comprising:
analyzing, by at least one processor, one or more electronic messages; identifying a payment event based on the analysis of the one or more electronic messages; identifying co-users associated with the payment event; providing, to a user of the co-users and by the at least one processor, a suggestion of at least one other user of the co-users for requesting a payment from the at least one other user; and providing, to the user of the co-users and by the at least one processor, an option to request a payment from the at least one other user based on the suggestion.

13 . The method as recited in claim 12 , wherein the suggestion of the at least one other user of the co-users is based on a location of the user and the at least one other user.

14 . The method as recited in claim 12 , wherein the suggestion of the at least one other user of the co-users is based on a relationship strength between the user and the at least one other user.

15 . The method as recited in claim 12 , wherein the suggestion of the at least one other user of the co-users is based on previous payment interactions between the user and the at least one other user.

16 . The method as recited in claim 12 , further comprising providing, by the at least one processor, a prompt to the user to request the payment from the at least one other user.

17 . The method as recited in claim 12 , further comprising:
identifying a payment amount from the one or more electronic messages; providing the payment amount in the option to request a payment from the co-users; dividing the payment amount by a number of co-users; and providing the divided payment amount in separate payment requests for each of the co-users.

18 . The method as recited in claim 12 , wherein identifying the payment event based on the analysis of the one or more electronic messages comprises identifying a natural language phrase, from the one or more electronic messages, indicating the payment event.

19 . The method as recited in claim 12 , wherein identifying the payment event based on the analysis of the one or more electronic messages comprises identifying location information for the co-users.

20 . A system comprising:
at least one processor; at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions thereon, that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
analyze one or more electronic messages;
identify a payment event based on the analysis of the one or more electronic messages;
identify co-users associated with the payment event;
provide, to a user of the co-users, an option to request a payment from the co-users.

Assignees

• Facebook Inc

Inventors

• Davis Stephen Moore

Classifications

• G06Q20/3255 Primary

  using mobile network messaging services for payment, e.g. SMS · CPC title

• G06Q20/10

  specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems · CPC title

• G06Q20/102 Primary

  Bill distribution or payments · CPC title

• G06Q20/386

  using messaging services or messaging apps (using mobile network messaging services for payment, e.g. SMS G06Q20/3255) · CPC title

• G06Q20/384

  using social networks · CPC title