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Multi-platform in-application payment system

US9558478B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 22, 2013
Grant dateJan 31, 2017
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q20/405
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing multi-platform, in-application payments include transferring funds, by a payment service provider device, from a funding source to a payment account in response to receiving a first fund transfer instruction from one of a first user device and a second user device over a network. The payment service provider device then associates the payment account with a first platform application in response to receiving a first association instruction from the first user device over the network, and associates the payment account with a second platform application in response to receiving a second association instruction along with the user account information from a second user device over the network. The payment service provider device will pay for each of a first in-application purchase associated with the first platform application and a second in-application purchase associated with the second platform application using the payment account.

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