Social network payment system

US9710812B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PAYPAL, INC. · US

Inventors

• Thomas Doran · Palo Alto, US
• Dennis Warren Koo Tze Mew · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 2011
• Grant date: Jul 18, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 29, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q20/386
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for providing social network payments includes receiving a request to make a payment. The request is associated with a social network payer and a social network payee. It is determined that the social network payer is associated with a first payment provider identifier and an authorization token, and a second payment provider identifier for the social network payee is then retrieved using the authorization token. An instruction to make a payment from the social network payer to the social network payee is then transmitted to a payment service provider. The instruction includes a payment amount, the first payment provider identifier, and the second payment provider identifier. A payment alert is also adapted for a payee social network associated with the social network payee, and the payment alert is send to a social network provider device associated with the payee social network.