Back to results
US 2022/0092565 A1Published application
Bill splitting and payment system and method
OwnerBrandon Haminventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present subject matter discloses systems and methods in which a mobile application integrates with a point of sale (POS) system such that users may split and pay an itemized bill.
Claims15
A bill payment system comprising:
- a first user device associated with a first customer including:
- a first controller;
- a first wireless communication interface connected to the first controller, wherein the first controller is in communication with a point of sale system of a business device;
- and
- a first memory in the first user device coupled to the first controller, wherein the first memory is configured to store program instructions executable by the first controller;
- wherein in response to executing the program instructions, the first controller is configured to:
- retrieve, on the first user device, an invoice from the point of sale system on the business device, wherein the invoice includes a plurality of line items comprising an invoice total;
- display the invoice on a first user interface accessible through the first user device, wherein the first user interface includes a first user input mechanism adapted to receive a user's selection related to a first subset of invoice total and generate a first sub-invoice based on the user's selection, further wherein the first user interface is adapted to receive a first user payment for the first sub-invoice;
- receive the first sub-invoice and the first user payment;
- apply the first user payment to the first sub-invoice;
- communicate a first completion status for the first sub-invoice to the point of sale system on the business device;
- and
- a second user device including:
- a second controller;
- a second wireless communication interface connected to the second controller, wherein the second controller is in communication with the point of sale system of the business device;
- and
- a second memory in the second user device coupled to the second controller, wherein the second memory is configured to store program instructions executable by the second controller;
- wherein in response to executing the program instructions, the first controller is configured to:
- retrieve, on the second user device, the invoice from the point of sale system on the business device, wherein the invoice includes the plurality of line items comprising the invoice total;
- display the invoice on a second user interface accessible through the second user device, wherein the second user interface includes a second user input mechanism adapted to receive a user's selection related to a second subset of invoice total and generate a second sub-invoice based on the user's selection, further wherein the second user interface is adapted to receive a second user payment for the second sub-invoice;
- receive the second sub-invoice and the second user payment;
- apply the second user payment to the second sub-invoice;
- communicate a second completion status for the second sub-invoice to the point of sale system on the business device.
20 more elements
A bill payment method comprising:
- retrieving, by a first consumer on a first user device and by a second consumer on a second user device, an invoice from a point of sale system on a business device, wherein the invoice includes a plurality of line items comprising an invoice total;
- displaying the invoice on a first user interface accessible through the first user device and a second user interface accessible through the second user device, wherein each of the first and second user interfaces includes a first user input mechanism and a second user input mechanism, respectively, the first user input mechanism adapted to receive a user selection related to a first subset of invoice total and the second user input mechanism adapted to receive a user selection related to a second subset of invoice total;
- receiving first and second user selections through the first and second user interfaces, respectively, of the first and second user input mechanisms;
- generating first and second sub-invoices based on the first and second user selections, further wherein each of the first and second user interfaces is adapted to receive first and second user payments, respectively, for each of the first and second sub-invoices;
- applying the first and second user payments to the first and second sub-invoices;
- and
- communicating first and second completion statuses for the first and second sub-invoices to the first user device, the second user device, and the point of sale system on the business device.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.