Facilitating same day payment transactions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9785934-B2
Application number	US-201615098124-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 13, 2016
Priority date	Dec 16, 2014
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

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. For example, one or more implementations involve facilitating same day push-to-debit payment transactions between a user and a co-user. To illustrate, one or more implementations involve sending a push-to-debit request to credit funds for the payment amount of the payment transaction to a debit card of a co-user, the push-to-debit request being formatted for same day processing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at one or more servers from a first client device associated with a user, a payment message from the user directed to a co-user, the payment message generated by the first client device and including a payment amount associated with a payment transaction between the user and the co-user;
sending, by the one or more servers, the payment message to a second client device associated with the co-user;
sending, by the one or more servers to a payment network, a charge request against a payment credential of the user for the payment amount of the payment message;
formatting, by the one or more servers, a push-to-debit request to credit funds for the payment amount of the payment message to a debit card of the co-user in a same day transaction; and
sending, by the one or more servers in response to the payment message, the push-to-debit request to the payment network to credit funds for the payment amount of the payment message to the debit card of the co-user.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein formatting the push-to-debit request comprises formatting the push-to-debit request to include a peer-to-peer payment request to transfer funds for the payment amount from a payment credential of the user to an account linked to the debit card of the co-user in a same day transaction.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 , further comprising:
identifying a plurality of payment methods for sending the payment amount to the co-user;
performing a risk check to determine a risk associated with the user;
determining that the risk associated with the user meets a risk threshold; and
selecting the first payment method based on the risk associated with the user meeting the risk threshold, the first payment method comprising a push-to-debt transaction not attached to a previous funding transaction posted to the account linked to the debit card of the co-user.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a plurality of payment credentials associated with the co-user, the plurality of payment credentials comprising the debit card that supports same day processing by a payment transfer that is not attached to a previous funding transaction and a second payment credential that does not support same day processing;
selecting the debit card for receiving the payment amount from the user to the co-user; and
transferring funds from the payment credential of the user to the debit card of the co-user.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a plurality of payment methods for sending the payment amount to the co-user;
determining a processing time to fund the payment amount for each payment method of the plurality of payment methods; and
associating a cost with each payment method based on the determined processing times.

6. The method as recited in claim 5 , further comprising:
identifying a first payment method that supports same day processing by a payment transfer that is not attached to a previous funding transaction and a second payment method that does not support same day processing;
determining that a first processing time associated with the first payment method is faster than a second processing time associated with the second payment method; and
associating a first cost with the first payment method and a second cost with the second payment method, wherein the first cost is higher than the second cost based on the first processing time being faster than the second processing time.

7. The method as recited in claim 6 , further comprising:
receiving a selection of the first payment method for the payment transaction; and
sending a charge request against the first payment credential for the first cost associated with the first payment method in response to the received selection of the first payment method.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
authorizing a withdrawal of the payment amount from the payment credential of the user;
receiving, after authorizing the withdrawal of the payment amount and before transferring funds for the payment amount, a cancel payment request from the user; and
canceling the payment transaction between the user and the co-user.

9. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising writing, by the one or more servers, the payment message to a messaging database comprising electronic messages associated with a messaging thread between the user and the co-user.

10. A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
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:
receive, from a first client device associated with a user, a payment message from the user directed to a co-user, the payment message generated by the first client device and including a payment amount associated with a payment transaction between the user and the co-user;
send the payment message to a second client device associated with the co-user;
send, to a payment network, a charge request against a payment credential of the user for the payment amount of the payment message;
format a push-to-debit request to credit funds for the payment amount of the payment message to a debit card of the co-user in a same day transaction; and
send, in response to the payment message, the push-to-debit request to the payment network to credit funds for the payment amount of the payment message to the debit card of the co-user.

11. The system as recited in claim 10 , wherein the push-to-debit request comprises a payment request that is not attached to a previous funding transaction posted to an account linked to the debit card of the co-user.

12. The system as recited in claim 10 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
identify a plurality of payment methods for sending the payment amount to the co-user;
determine a processing time to fund the payment amount for each payment method of the plurality of payment methods; and
associate a cost with each payment method based on the determined processing times.

13. The system as recited in claim 12 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
identify a first payment method that supports same day processing by a payment transfer that is not attached to a previous funding transaction and a second payment method that does not support same day processing;
determine that a first processing time associated with the first payment method is faster than a second processing time associated with the second payment method; and
associate a first cost with the first payment method and a second cost with the second payment method, wherein the first cost is higher than the second cost based on the first processing time being faster than the second processing time.

14. The system as recited in claim 12 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
receive a selection of the first payment method for the payment transaction; and
send a charge request against the first payment credential for the first cost associated with the first payment method in response to the received selection of the first payment method.

15. The system as recited in claim 12 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
perform a risk check to determine a risk associated with the user;
determine that the risk associat

Assignees

• Facebook Inc

Inventors

• Davis Stephen Moore
• Chernyavsky Michelle Vautier
• Nalla Vipan Reddy Raja

Classifications

• G06Q20/26 Primary

  Debit schemes, e.g. "pay now" · CPC title

• G06Q20/40

  Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists · CPC title

• G06Q20/10

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

• G06Q20/407

  Cancellation of a transaction · CPC title

• G06Q20/3821

  Electronic credentials · CPC title