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US 2014/0213343 A1Published application
Triggering in-application currency transfer
AssigneePaypal, Inc.
InventorLucy Ma Zhao
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for electronically transferring currency from a source user account to a target user account in relation to a game application. A payment service provider may receive a request to transfer an amount of currency from the source user account to the target user account to be used for the game application.
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An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a database adapted to store user account information on a plurality of users, wherein each user of the plurality of users has a user account and is associated with one or more game applications;
- and
- a memory adapted to store a plurality of machine-readable instructions wherein the memory is executed by the one or more processors to:
- search the database to identify one or more game applications associated with a first user of the plurality of users having a first user account, wherein the identified one or more game applications is linked to a payment service provider;
- transmit the information on the identified one or more game applications to a computing device for display to the first user;
- receive from the computing device a selection of a game application of the identified one or more game applications, wherein the selected game application is associated with a user selectable option to transfer currency from the first user account to another user account associated with the selected game application via the payment service provider;
- identify one or more users of the plurality of users associated with the selected game application;
- transmit the information on the identified one or more users associated with the selected game application and the information on the user selectable option to transfer currency to the computing device for display to the first user;
- receive from the computing device a selection of a target user of the identified one or more users associated with the selected game application;
- and
- receive from the computing device a request to transfer an amount of currency from the first user account of the first user to a target user account of the target user.
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A method comprising:
- searching, by one or more hardware processors, a database to identify one or more game applications linked to a payment service provider and associated with a first user having a first user account;
- transmitting the information on the identified one or more game applications to a computing device for display to the first user;
- receiving a selection of a game application of the identified one or more game applications;
- identifying one or more users of the plurality of users associated with the selected game application, wherein the selected game application is associated with a user selectable option to transfer currency from the first user account to another user account associated with the selected game application via the payment service provider;
- transmitting the information on the identified one or more users associated with the selected game application and information on the user selectable option to transfer currency to the computing device for display to the first user;
- receiving a selection of a target user of the identified one or more users associated with the selected game application;
- and
- receiving a request to transfer an amount of currency from the first user account of the first user to a target user account of the target user.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable code for instructing one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:
- searching a database to identify one or more game applications linked to a payment service provider and associated with a first user having a first user account;
- transmitting the information on the identified one or more game applications to a computing device for display to the first user;
- receiving a selection of a game application of the identified one or more game applications;
- identifying one or more users of the plurality of users associated with the selected game application, wherein the selected game application is associated with a user selectable option to transfer currency from the first user account to another user account associated with the selected game application via the payment service provider;
- transmitting the information on the identified one or more users associated with the selected game application and information on the user selectable option to transfer currency to the computing device for display to the first user;
- receiving a selection of a target user of the identified one or more users associated with the selected game application;
- and
- receiving a request to transfer an amount of currency from the first user account of the first user to a target user account of the target user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.