Payment using unique product identifier codes
AssigneePaypal, Inc.
InventorAalap D. Parikh
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Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided to capture a unique product code, such as QR code, on a mobile device, process the information contained in the code, provide the user with options of making a purchase, including purchasing a plurality of selected products from different captured codes, and processing the payment via the user's mobile device.
Claims20
A method of automatic item identification and transaction processing, the method comprising:
- capturing, by a user device, a machine-readable image corresponding to an item;
- determining, from the machine-readable image, item information sufficient to facilitate a user of the user device to purchase the item from a merchant, the item information including an item identifier and merchant account information;
- causing the item information to be stored for subsequent retrieval;
- and
- in response to a user request at the user device, causing a purchase transaction for the item, the purchase transaction including a request to a payment provider server to transfer funds to an account corresponding to the merchant account information.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more memories adapted to store a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by the one or more processors are adapted to cause the system to:
- capture, by a user device, a machine-readable image corresponding to an item;
- determine, from the machine-readable image, item information sufficient to facilitate a user of the user device to purchase the item from a merchant, the item information including an item identifier and merchant account information;
- cause the item information to be stored for subsequent retrieval;
- and
- in response to a user request at the user device, cause a purchase transaction for the item, the purchase transaction including a request to a payment provider server to transfer funds to an account corresponding to the merchant account information.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by one or more processors of a server are adapted to cause the server to perform a method comprising:
- capturing, by a user device, a machine-readable image corresponding to an item;
- determining, from the machine-readable image, item information sufficient to facilitate a user of the user device to purchase the item from a merchant, the item information including an item identifier and merchant account information;
- causing the item information to be stored for subsequent retrieval;
- and
- in response to a user request at the user device, causing a purchase transaction for the item, the purchase transaction including a request to a payment provider server to transfer funds to an account corresponding to the merchant account information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.