Web address determination based on a geo-position of a user

• US 10,078,700 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2014
• Issued: 09/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Vaidyanathan, Sathish
• Primary Examiner(s): Henderson, Esther B
• Application Number:
  US14/586,722
• Publication Number:
  US 20150201029A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,358 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/00 Payment architectures, schemes or protocols apparatus for performing or posting payment transactions G07F7/08, G07F19/00; electronic cash registers G07G1/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

There are provided systems and method for a web address determination based on a geo-position of a user. A user may utilize a communication device at a location of an entity to be redirected to an online contact address of the entity. A server may receive a request from the communication device including a request for an online contact address for an entity at the location of the user. The server may then access the location of the user by either receiving the location of the user from the communication device or determining the location of the user by the server. Once the location of the user is accessed, the server may determine the online contact address for the entity at the location of the user. The online contact address may be transmitted to the user for display by the communication device, including display of a website for the entity.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a non-transitory memory storing entity information that includes a geo-position of a physical entity and an online contact information for the physical entity;

an online entity lookup module comprising at least one hardware processor that is coupled to the non-transitory memory and that is configured to;

receive, from a communication device of a user, a request for online contact information associated with the physical entity located at a location of a user;

retrieve a geo-position coordinate of the communication device of the user;

match the geo-position coordinate of the communication device to the geo-position of the physical entity; and

retrieve, in response to the matching the geo-position coordinate of the communication device to the geo-position of the physical entity and from the non-transitory memory, the online contact information for the physical entity, wherein the online contact information comprises a transaction form associated with the physical entity; and

a network interface component that is configured to;

receive the request for the online contact information associated with the physical entity;

communicate, in response to the retrieving the online contact information for the physical entity, the online contact information to the communication device of the user; and

receive, in response to the communicating the online contact information to the communication device of the user, a populated transaction form, wherein the populated transaction form comprises data provided by a payment module of the communication device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the online contact information comprises a website address, an email address, or an IP address.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the online entity lookup module further determines offline information for the physical entity, and wherein the network interface component communicates the offline information to the communication device for display.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication device displays the online contact information without user input.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the online entity lookup module accesses the geo-position coordinate of the communication device of the user by receiving the geo-position from the communication device of the user via the network interface component.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the geo-position coordinate of the communication device of the user is determined using a wireless connection with the physical entity, a GPS module, or a map application.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the online entity lookup module accesses the geo-position coordinate of the communication device of the user by determining the geo-position coordinate of the communication device of the user using a wireless connection with the physical entity or other service provider, a GPS service, or a map application.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the physical entity comprises a merchant.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the network interface component is configured to receive a payment request, a payment token, or both and wherein the system further comprises a transaction processing module that, in response to receiving the payment request, the payment token, or both, processes a transaction with the merchant utilizing a payment account of the user.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the transaction is generated by the user using the online contact information.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the online entity lookup module determines the online contact information by retrieving the online contact information from a website or IP address of the physical entity.

20. The system of claim 9, wherein the payment request, the payment token, or both is received from the communication device in response to communication of the online contact information of the physical entity to the communication device.

12. A method comprising:

receiving, from a communication device of a user via a network interface component, a request for online information associated with a physical entity;

determining a location of the communication device;

retrieving, by an online entity lookup module comprising at least one hardware processor, entity information for a plurality of entities located within a first distance to the communication device by correlating a geo-position coordinate of the communication device to geo-position coordinates of each of the plurality of entities, wherein the entity information comprises locations and online addresses for the plurality of entities;

matching, by the online entity lookup module, the physical entity to the communication device based on the correlating the geo-position coordinate;

retrieving, in response to the matching the physical entity to the communication device by the online entity lookup module, the online information for the physical entity, wherein the online information comprises a transaction form associated with the physical entity;

communicating, in response to retrieving the online information of the physical entity, the online information to the communication device; and

receiving, in response to the communicating the online information to the communication device, a populated transaction form, wherein the populated transaction form comprises data provided by a payment module of the communication device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the online information comprises a website address, an email address, or an IP address.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the geo-position coordinate is received from the communication device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the geo-position coordinate is determined using a wireless connection with the physical entity, a GPS module, or a map application.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein

the geo-position coordinate is determined using a wireless connection with the physical entity or other service provider, a GPS service, or a map application.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the physical entity comprises a merchant, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a payment request, a payment token, or both; and

processing, with a transaction processing module in response to receiving the payment request, payment token, or both, a transaction generated by the user using the online information with the merchant utilizing a payment account of the user.

18. A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a user via a network interface component of a communication device, a request for online information associated with a physical entity located within a first distance to the communication device;

determining, by a map module of the communication device, a geo-position coordinate of the communication device;

communicating, by a communication module of the communication device, the geo-position coordinate to an online entity lookup module;

receiving from the online entity lookup module, by the communication module of the communication device in response to the communicating the geo-position coordinate, online information of the physical entity comprising a transaction form associated with the physical entity;

populating a transaction form with payment data associated with the user; and

communicating, by the communication module of the communication device, the populated transaction form to an entity server or a payment server.

19. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 18, wherein the physical entity comprises a merchant.