Cardless payment transactions

US9589269B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• INC SQUARE, CO., LTD · JP

Inventors

• William Henderson · San Francisco, US
• Jack Dorsey · San Francisco, US
• Brian Grassadonia · San Francisco, US
• Matthew Wilson · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 2012
• Grant date: Mar 7, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 21, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0185
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method that includes obtaining a current location of a mobile device of a customer; sending the current location to a cardless payment system; determining whether to send, to the cardless payment system, an indication of consent to perform a cardless payment transaction with the merchant; displaying on the mobile device whether the merchant is authorized to perform a cardless payment transaction with the customer.