METHODS FOR AN ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT PLATFORM
First Claim
1. A method of electronic commerce wherein a user is engaged with a primary offer of a vendor that includes a purchase price, comprising:
- presenting, from a facilitator to a mobile device for display, the primary offer of the vendor;
presenting, from the facilitator to a mobile device for display, alternate payment offers, wherein fulfillment of any one of the alternate offers which were presented entitles the user to receive the primary offer;
establishing, via a server, a credit for the primary offer to be paid by the facilitator to the vendor, the credit including a fixed cost related to a retail cost and a variable portion determined when one of the alternate offers is fulfilled;
receiving, at the server, an indication of the user'"'"'s fulfillment of one of the alternate offers; and
paying the credit from the facilitator to the vendor.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for providing an alternative payment platform, including method and systems for providing a platform for presenting an alternate offer to a user who is engaged with a primary offer and receiving an indication of the user'"'"'s engagement with the alternate offer, wherein the user'"'"'s engagement with the alternate offer serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with the primary offer. Such methods and systems may further include methods and systems for selecting one or more alternate offers engagement with which serves as an alternative form of payment for an item associated with a primary offer, presenting the selected alternate payment offers to a user, receiving an indication of engagement with at least one of the alternate offers, receiving payment in exchange for presenting the accepted offer and providing payment to the offeror of the primary offer.
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Citations
20 Claims
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1. A method of electronic commerce wherein a user is engaged with a primary offer of a vendor that includes a purchase price, comprising:
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presenting, from a facilitator to a mobile device for display, the primary offer of the vendor; presenting, from the facilitator to a mobile device for display, alternate payment offers, wherein fulfillment of any one of the alternate offers which were presented entitles the user to receive the primary offer; establishing, via a server, a credit for the primary offer to be paid by the facilitator to the vendor, the credit including a fixed cost related to a retail cost and a variable portion determined when one of the alternate offers is fulfilled; receiving, at the server, an indication of the user'"'"'s fulfillment of one of the alternate offers; and paying the credit from the facilitator to the vendor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer-implemented method of electronic commerce, comprising:
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presenting, from a server to a mobile device of a user for display, an electronic commerce primary offering of a vendor; receiving at the server a request to present one or more offers to the user on the mobile device to fulfill the electronic commerce primary offering, wherein the electronic commerce primary offering includes a purchase price and a vendor credit, wherein the vendor credit is not disclosed to the user, and wherein the vendor credit includes a fixed cost determined before one of the offers is fulfilled and a variable portion determined when one of the offers is fulfilled; receiving at the server a selection of one or more of the offers that facilitate user acceptance from a memory accessible by the server; presenting, to the mobile device for display, the one or more offers which were selected; and paying the vendor credit to the vendor in fulfillment of the electronic commerce primary offering in response to the user acceptance of one of the one or more offers which were presented. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising a memory and a processor configured to provide:
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an electronic commerce platform for receiving a request to present a plurality of offers to a mobile device of a user to fulfill a primary offering of a vendor that includes a purchase price and a vendor credit, wherein the vendor credit is not disclosed to the user; an offer selection facility for selecting one or more of the plurality of offers that facilitate user acceptance from a memory accessible by the offer selection facility; an offer display facility for presenting the one or more of the plurality of offers which were selected to the mobile device; a secondary transaction facility for receiving a user acceptance of one of the one or more of the plurality of offers which were presented; and a payment module for processing a payment of the vendor credit to the vendor in fulfillment of the primary offering in response to the user acceptance, the vendor credit including a fixed cost determined before the user acceptance and a variable portion determined upon the user acceptance. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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