Payment provider monitored payment button
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorKetan Babaria
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Abstract
A payment button is generated by a payment provider, and information associated with the payment button is stored with the payment provider, along with a unique identifier for the information. A merchant places the button on a webpage, and users can click on it to process a payment to the merchant. The merchant can change or track information, such as inventory, associated with the button on the payment provider site and can receive updates based on changes in the information, which may also be updated by users clicking on the button to purchase items associated with the button.
Claims23
A system for facilitating on-line financial transactions, comprising:
- a memory for storing a database;
- and
- a first server in communication with a second server over a network, wherein the first server has machine-readable instructions stored thereon for performing the following steps:
- receiving information related to an item to be offered for sale on a merchant website;
- generating an item listing from the information;
- storing the item listing in the database;
- generating a button code and a unique identifier corresponding to the item listing;
- and
- pushing information in the item listing to the merchant website for display on a user device accessing the merchant website.
A device for facilitating on-line financial transactions, the device having machine-readable instructions stored thereon for performing the following steps:
- transmitting information related to an item to be offered for sale on a merchant website;
- receiving a unique identifier corresponding to the item to be offered for sale;
- requesting a button to be generated corresponding to the item to be offered for sale;
- and
- receiving code corresponding to a button to be place on the merchant website for displaying an offer to sell the item and for initiation of purchase and payment transactions related to the purchase of the item.
A method of providing third-party payment services, comprising:
- storing information related to an item to be offered for sale;
- providing a button corresponding to the item to be offered for sale and to be placed on a network-based store;
- pushing information related to the item to the network-based store;
- providing payment services for purchase of the item when a customer selects the item for purchase when viewing the network-based store;
- and
- recording information related to the purchase.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.