Order and purchase integration

A computing device adapted to act as a user device of a user, the computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory operationally coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
• establish a social media messaging session between the user device and a merchant server;
• open a webview within the social media messaging session on the user device and authenticate the user via a connect webview service within the webview using an authentication mechanism available on a wallet application on the user device;
• based on the authenticating of the user, pair the wallet application with the merchant server via an acceptance by the user of an option for the pairing, displayed on the webview, and record pairing information in a social media session token, the pairing allowing an express checkout mechanism;
• based on the allowing of the express checkout mechanism, provision the social media session token for the merchant server, the social media session token not containing information for establishing a transaction for an order being placed on the merchant server, wherein the social media session token is used by the merchant server to obtain an access token from a service provider to establish the transaction with for the order;
• generate order information relating to the order for the merchant server in the social media messaging session, wherein the merchant server creates the order from the order information;
• display order details associated with the order, received from the merchant server, on the webview, within the social media messaging session, the webview including a button to be activated to proceed with the transaction for the order, and
• based on an activation of the button, select, using by the wallet application, a virtual transaction card from a plurality of transaction cards associated with the wallet application and an account associated with the virtual transaction card, and provide a checkout token containing payment information, including the account, to the merchant server, wherein the merchant server initiates the transaction with the payment service provider using the checkout token and the access token.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to performs operations comprising:

• establishing, by a user device of the user, a social media messaging session between the user device and a merchant server;
• opening a webview within the social media messaging session on the user device and authenticating the user via a connect webview service within the webview using an authentication mechanism available on a wallet application on the user device;
• based on the authenticating of the user, pairing the wallet application with the merchant server via an acceptance by the user of an option for the pairing, displayed on the webview, and recording pairing information in a social media session token, the pairing allowing an express checkout mechanism;
• based on the allowing of the express checkout mechanism, provisioning, by the user device, the social media session token for the merchant server, the social media session token not containing information for establishing a transaction for an order being placed on the merchant server, wherein the merchant server uses the social media session token to obtain an access token from a payment service provider to establish the transaction for the order;
• generating, by the user device, order information relating to the order for the merchant server in the social media messaging session, wherein the merchant server creates the order from the order information;
• displaying order details associated with the order, received from the merchant server, on the webview within the social media messaging session, the webview including a button to be activated to proceed with the transaction for the order;
• and
• based on an activation of the button, selecting, using the wallet application, a virtual transaction card from a plurality of transaction cards associated with the wallet application and an account associated with the virtual transaction card, and providing a checkout token containing payment information, including the account, to the merchant server, wherein the merchant server initiates the transaction with the payment service provider using the checkout token and the access token.