# US 11,308,464 B2 · Recording medium recorded with information processing program, information processing method, and information processing apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,308,464 B2 - Document ID: US11308464B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/841,768 - Filed: 2020-04-07 - Published: 2020-10-15 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2019-04-15 - Assignees: Mercari, Inc. - Applicants: Mercari, Inc. - Inventors: Kan Uchida; Kazuki Takahashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11308464B2 ## CPC - G06Q 20/10: specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems - G06Q 20/4014: {Identity check for transactions} - G06Q 20/405: {Establishing or using transaction specific rules} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recorded with an information processing program executable by a processor of an information processing apparatus, the information processing program causing the processor to perform operations including configuring an operation area on a display unit of the information processing apparatus, the operation area being associated with a payment target candidate user, determining a payment amount, based on an extent of an action in a user operation performed in the operation area, and transmitting information about a payment of the payment amount with respect to the payment target candidate user. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recorded with an information processing program executable by a processor of an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus being used by a first user and including the processor and a display unit having a display surface, the information processing program causing the processor to perform operations comprising: configuring an operation area on the display surface of the display unit, the operation area being associated with a second user; detecting an extent of an action in a user operation performed with a manipulator or a finger of the first user brought into contact with the display surface of the display unit and moved with respect to the operation area, and determining a payment amount that is to be paid, based on the detected extent of the action; and transmitting information about a payment of the payment amount with respect to the second user, wherein the payment amount is determined according to the extent of the action and a first balance that is an amount of value held in an account of the first user, the extent of the action is a distance by which the manipulator or the finger of the first user moves on the display surface, and the determining of the payment amount further comprises increasing the payment amount by a predetermined increment amount per a predetermined unit distance of the distance by which the manipulator or the finger of the first user moves on the display surface, the predetermined increment amount being increased when the first balance is relatively greater, and the predetermined increment amount being decreased when the first balance is relatively smaller. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the information about the payment further comprises, in a case where the first user performs the user operation by moving the manipulator or the finger of the first user in a first direction, transmitting, to a server, a money transfer instruction for transferring the payment amount to the second user to cause the server to make the payment in which the payment amount is paid from the first user to the second user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 2, wherein the first direction is a direction toward an object associated with the second user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 2, wherein the transmitting of the information about the payment further comprises, in a case where the first user performs the user operation by moving the manipulator or the finger of the first user in a second direction that is different from the first direction, transmitting a money transfer request for requesting the second user to transfer the payment amount from the second user to the first user. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 4, wherein the second direction is a direction away from an object associated with the second user. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the extent of the action includes a distance of movement in the user operation. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the extent of the action includes a number of times a contact is made in the user operation. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the extent of the action includes a pressure of press-down in the user operation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the more quickly the user operation is performed, the larger the predetermined increment amount by which the payment amount is increased or decreased becomes. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the more slowly the user operation is performed, the smaller the predetermined increment amount by which the payment amount is increased or decreased becomes. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein a payment amount adjustment button is displayed after the first user performs the user operation and releases the manipulator or the finger of the first user away from the display surface of the display unit. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein, the first user performs the user operation, by moving the manipulator or the finger of the first user in a a first direction for money transfer, for transferring the payment amount from the first user to the second user, and wherein the detecting further comprises detecting, after the first user performs the user operation, an extent of a second action in a second user operation performed with the manipulator or the finger of the first user in contact with the display surface of the display unit and moved in a second direction that is different from the first direction, the extent of the action is a distance by which the manipulator or the finger of the first user moves on the display surface, and in the second user operation, the payment amount is increased or decreased by a predetermined increment-or-decrement amount per a predetermined second unit distance of the distance by which the manipulator or the finger of the first user moves on the display surface in the second user operation, the predetermined increment-or-decrement amount being smaller than the predetermined increment amount. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the payment amount is determined according to the extent of the action and a second balance that is an amount of value held in an account of the second user. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 13, wherein the determining of the payment amount further comprises increasing the payment amount by the predetermined increment amount per the predetermined unit distance, the predetermined increment amount being increased when the second balance is relatively greater, and the predetermined increment amount being decreased when the second balance is relatively smaller. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 11, wherein the payment amount is determined based on the detected extent of the action in accordance with the predetermined increment amount, and the payment amount adjustment button is displayed at or in proximity to a position at an end of the user operation performed by the first user, wherein the detecting further comprises detecting, after the first user performs the user operation, a third user operation in which the first user brings the manipulator or the finger of the first user into contact with or into proximity to the payment amount adjustment button displayed on the display surface of the display unit, and the payment amount is increased or decreased based on the third user operation in accordance with a third unit amount smaller than the first unit amount. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the payment amount is determined based on the detected extent of the action in accordance with the predetermined increment amount, and, the first unit amount is increased in accordance with an increase in the first balance. ### Claim 17 An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus being used by a first user and including the processor and a display unit having a display surface, the information processing method comprising: configuring an operation area on the display surface of the display unit, the operation area being associated with a second user; detecting an extent of an action in a user operation performed with a manipulator or a finger of the first user brought into contact with the display surface of the display unit and moved with respect to the operation area, and determining a payment amount that is to be paid, based on the detected extent of the action; and transmitting information about a payment of the payment amount with respect to the second user, wherein the payment amount is determined according to the extent of the action and a first balance that is an amount of value held in an account of the first user, the extent of the action is a distance by which the manipulator or the finger of the first user moves on the display surface, and the determining of the payment amount further comprises increasing the payment amount by a predetermined increment amount per a predetermined unit distance of the distance by which the manipulator or the finger of the first user moves on the display surface, the predetermined increment amount being increased when the first balance is relatively greater, and the predetermined increment amount being decreased when the first balance is relatively smaller. ### Claim 18 An information processing apparatus used by a first user, comprising: a display unit having a display surface; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to perform operations comprising: configuring an operation area on the display surface of the display unit, the operation area being associated with a second user; detecting an extent of an action in a user operation performed with a manipulator or a finger of the first user brought into contact with the display surface of the display unit and moved with respect to the operation area, and determining a payment amount that is to be paid, based on the detected extent of the action; and transmitting information about a payment of the payment amount with respect to the second user, wherein the payment amount is determined according to the extent of the action and a first balance that is an amount of value held in an account of the first user, the extent of the action is a distance by which the manipulator or the finger of the first user moves on the display surface, and the determining of the payment amount further comprises increasing the payment amount by a predetermined increment amount per a predetermined unit distance of the distance by which the manipulator or the finger of the first user moves on the display surface, the predetermined increment amount being increased when the first balance is relatively greater, and the predetermined increment amount being decreased when the first balance is relatively smaller. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 12, wherein the first user performs and the second user operation starting from a position where the first user finishes the user operation. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 12, wherein the second direction and the third direction are substantially perpendicular to each other.