System and method for facilitating payment for a third party's application subscription

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor, cause the computer to:

• receive, from a first device associated with a first user and an executing application, identities of the first user and a third party, wherein the identities include telephone numbers and are received in a communication associated with the executing application;
• determine an expiration of an application subscription of the third party in response to receiving the identities;
• determine whether the third party is eligible to have the application subscription extended by the first user based on at least one of the first user being unblocked by the third party, the third party not being banned from use of the application, or the first user or third party not being barred from paying for extensions, the determining comprising determining whether the expiration of the application subscription is within a predetermined period of time of a current date;
• transmit an eligibility indication to the first device based on the determining whether the third party is eligible to have the application subscription extended;
• receive confirmation of payment by the first user to extend the application subscription of the third party;
• apply a extension to the application subscription of the third party without action by the third party, in response to the confirmation of payment;
• and
• notify the third party of the extension.

A system comprising:

• one or more hardware processors;
• communication logic executable by the one or more hardware processors to exchange communications among users of the application, including a first user;
• connection logic executed by the one or more hardware processors to receive a request from the first user to pay use of an application by a third party, wherein the request identifies the first user and the third party only by associated telephone numbers and is received in a communication associated with the application;
• account logic executed by the one or more hardware processors to:
• determine whether the third party has a subscription to the application in response to receiving the identities;
• determine whether the third party is eligible to have use of the application paid for by the first user based on at least one of the first user being unblocked by the third party, the third party not being banned from use of the application, or the first user or third party not being barred from paying for extensions, the determining comprising determining whether the expiration of the application subscription is within a predetermined period of time of a current date;
• transmit an eligibility indication to a device associated with the first user based on the determining whether the third party is eligible to have the application subscription extended;
• and
• upon receipt of confirmation of payment by the first user, either:
• extend the third party's subscription to the application;
• or
• create the subscription to the application for the third party;
• wherein the communication logic is further executed to transmit confirmation of payment by the first user to one or more of the first user and the third party.

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more hardware processors;
• and
• memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the apparatus to:
• receive, from a first device associated with a first user and an executing application, identities of the first user and a third party, wherein the identities include telephone numbers and are received in a communication associated with the executing application;
• determine an expiration of an application subscription of the third party in response to receiving the identities;
• determine whether the third party is eligible to have the application subscription extended by the first user based on at least one of the first user being unblocked by the third party, the third party not being banned from use of the application, or the first user or third party not being barred from paying for extensions, the determining comprising determining whether the expiration of the application subscription is within a predetermined period of time of a current date;
• transmit an eligibility indication to the first device based on the determining whether the third party is eligible to have the application subscription extended;
• receive confirmation of payment by the first user to extend the application subscription of the third party;
• apply a extension to the application subscription of the third party without action by the third party, in response to the confirmation of payment;
• and
• notify the third party of the extension.