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US 2017/0256134 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 device comprising:
- a memory storing instructions;
- and
- one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to cause the device to:
- transmit, to a payment service provider, an indication of a selected interactive video application from one or more interactive video applications,
- the selected interactive video application associated with a user selectable option to transfer payment currency from a first user account of a first user to another user account associated at the payment service provider;
- receive, from the payment service provider, a list of users, associated with the selected interactive video application, that are participating in the selected interactive video application;
- transmit, to the payment service provider, from the list of users;
- and
- transmit, to the payment service provider, a request to transfer an amount of payment currency from the first user account to a target user account of the target user, the payment currency being different from an application currency used by the selected interactive video application.
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A method comprising:
- transmitting, to a payment service provider, an indication of a selected interactive video application from one or more interactive video applications, the selected interactive video application associated with a user selectable option to transfer payment currency from a first user account of a first user to another user account at the payment service provider;
- receiving, from the payment service provider, a list of users, associated with the selected interactive video application, that are participating in the selected interactive video application;
- transmitting, to the payment service provider, a selection of a target user from the list of users;
- and
- transmitting, to the payment service provider, a request to transfer an amount of payment currency from the first user account to a target user account of the target user, the payment currency being different from an application currency used by the selected interactive video application.
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A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable to cause performance of operations comprising:
- transmitting, to a payment service provider, an indication of a selected interactive video application from one or more interactive video applications, the selected interactive video application associated with a user selectable option to transfer payment currency from a first user account of a first user to another user account at the payment service provider;
- receiving, from the payment service provider, a list of users, associated with the selected interactive video application, that are participating in the selected interactive video application;
- transmitting, to the payment service provider, a selection of a target user from the list of users;
- and
- transmitting, to the payment service provider, a request to transfer an amount of payment currency from the first user account to a target user account of the target user, the payment currency being different from an application currency used by the selected interactive video application.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.