# US 12,112,302 B2 · Item-level information collection for interactive payment experience > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,112,302 B2 - Document ID: US12112302B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/947,034 - Filed: 2022-09-16 - Published: 2023-01-19 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2014-05-19 - Assignees: Block, Inc. - Applicants: Block, Inc. - Inventors: Paul Aaron; Zachary Brock - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12112302B2 ## CPC - G06Q 20/047: {using payment protocols involving electronic receipts} - G06Q 20/04: Payment circuits - G06Q 20/12: specially adapted for electronic shopping systems - G06Q 20/202: {Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR} - G06Q 20/204: {comprising interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit} - G06Q 20/322: {Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]} - G06Q 20/40: Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists - G06Q 20/42: Confirmation, e.g. check or permission by the legal debtor of payment - 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 Disclosed is a technology for sending near real time transaction notifications to user devices of users of a payment service. Data associated with one or more financial accounts of a user and one or more user devices of the user is stored in a database associated with the payment service. The payment service receives transaction information and determines it is associated with a transaction involving a financial account of the user. The payment service generates a notification associated with the transaction, including at least a payment amount. The payment service causes presentation of the notification, in near real time, via at least one user device of the user. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: storing, by one or more servers of a payment service in a database associated with the payment service, data identifying one or more financial accounts of a user and one or more user devices of the user that are communicatively coupled to the one or more servers; receiving, by the one or more servers, transaction information corresponding to a financial transaction, wherein the transaction information includes at least a payment amount and is received from a point-of-sale system communicatively coupled to the one or more servers; determining, by the one or more servers, that the transaction information is associated with a financial account of the one or more financial accounts of the user; generating, by the one or more servers, an interactive notification associated with the financial transaction, wherein the interactive notification includes at least the payment amount and a plurality of transaction and item-level information associated with the financial transaction; and causing presentation of the interactive notification by the one or more servers without input from the user, in near real time of receiving the transaction information, on at least one user device of the one or more user devices to enable an interaction with any of the plurality of transaction and item-level information included in the interactive notification. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the financial account is a deposit account and the financial transaction is a debit card transaction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the financial account is a credit account and the financial transaction is a credit card transaction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising: determining, by the one or more servers, the at least one user device via which to cause presentation of the notification based at least in part on user preferences of the user stored in the database. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the transaction information is received from a card payment network computing system, an acquirer computing system, or an issuer computing system. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the card payment network computing system, the acquirer computing system, or the issuer computing system receives the transaction information from a merchant device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the transaction information is received directly from a merchant device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the interactive notification further comprises a message displayed via a user interface within a mobile payment application. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein receiving the transaction information is based at least in part on a notification designation of the financial account at a merchant system or a card payment network system. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein causing presentation of the interactive notification is based at least in part on receiving a request from the user to be notified of activity associated with the financial account. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the user comprises a first user, the data comprises first data, the database comprises a first database, the financial accounts comprise first financial accounts, and the user devices comprise first user devices, and the method further comprising: storing, by the one or more servers in the first database or one or more second databases associated with the payment service, second data associated with one or more second financial accounts of a one or more second users and one or more second user devices of the second users. ### Claim 12 A system comprising: one or more processors; one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to: store, at one or more servers of the system in a database associated with the system, data identifying one or more financial accounts of a user and one or more user devices of the user that are communicatively coupled to the one or more servers; receive, by the one or more servers, transaction information corresponding to a financial transaction, wherein the transaction information includes at least a payment amount and is received from a point-of-sale system communicatively coupled to the one or more servers; determine, by the one or more servers, that the transaction information is associated with a financial account of the one or more financial accounts of the user; generate, by the one or more servers, an interactive notification associated with the financial transaction, wherein the interactive notification includes at least the payment amount and a plurality of transaction and item-level information associated with the financial transaction; and cause presentation of the interactive notification by the one or more servers without input from the user, in near real time of receiving the transaction information, on at least one user device of the one or more user devices to enable an interaction with any of the plurality of transaction and item-level information included in the interactive notification. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the transaction information is received from a merchant device via a card payment network computing system, an acquirer computing system, or an issuer computing system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause the presentation of the interactive notification based at least in part on inclusion of the financial account in a whitelist database of accounts enrolled with the system. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to execute the instructions to: receive, from a merchant device, additional data obtained via a payment instrument used in the financial transaction, cause the presentation of the interactive notification based at least in part on the additional data. ### Claim 16 One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions, that when executed by one or more processors of a payment service system, cause the one or more processors to: store, at one or more servers of the payment service system in a database associated with the payment service system, data identifying one or more financial accounts of a user and one or more user devices of the user that are communicatively coupled to the one or more servers; receive, by the one or more servers, transaction information corresponding to a financial transaction, wherein the transaction information includes at least a payment amount and is received from a point-of-sale system communicatively coupled to the one or more servers; determine, by the one or more servers, that the transaction information is associated with a financial account of the one or more financial accounts of the user; generate, by the one or more servers, an interactive notification associated with the financial transaction, wherein the interactive notification includes at least the payment amount and a plurality of transaction and item-level information associated with the financial transaction; and cause presentation of the interactive notification by the one or more servers without input from the user, in near real time of receiving the transaction information, on at least one user device of the one or more user devices to enable an interaction with any of the plurality of transaction and item-level information included in the interactive notification. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in claim 16, wherein the interactive notification further comprises a message displayed via a user interface within a mobile payment application. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data associated with the one or more user devices of the user comprises respective device identifiers for individual user devices of the one or more user devices, and wherein causing the presentation via the at least one user device comprises causing the presentation based at least in part on a respective device identifier corresponding to each user device of the at least one user device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the point-of-sale system is a third party system that is communicatively coupled to the one or more servers. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The system as recited in claim 12, wherein a service provider operates both the point-of-sale system and the one or more servers.