SOCIAL NETWORK FINANCIAL PORTAL
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1. A financial portal application operable to interact with a computer-based social network application, the financial portal application comprising:
- a graphical user interface component operable to display;
a list of members of the social network associated with a user; and
at least one financial transaction option selectable by the user for transferring funds to a member of the social network, without the user having to leave the social network to execute the transaction;
anda transaction request component for transmitting a transaction request to a transaction application that stores account information relating to the list of members.
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Abstract
A financial portal is provided which allows the transfer of funds between “friends” within a social network application.
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15 Claims
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1. A financial portal application operable to interact with a computer-based social network application, the financial portal application comprising:
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a graphical user interface component operable to display; a list of members of the social network associated with a user; and at least one financial transaction option selectable by the user for transferring funds to a member of the social network, without the user having to leave the social network to execute the transaction; and a transaction request component for transmitting a transaction request to a transaction application that stores account information relating to the list of members. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A social network transaction system comprising:
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a graphical user interface component operable to display to a user; a list of members of the social network associated with the user; and at least one financial transaction option selectable by the user for transferring funds to a member of the social network, without the user having to leave the social network to execute the transaction; a transaction request component for transmitting a transaction request to a transaction application; a transaction application operable to store account information relating to the list of members and to create a funds transfer message using the transaction request; and an authorization server operable to execute a financial transaction in response to the funds transfer message. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of executing a financial transaction within a social network, the method comprising the steps of:
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presenting to a user icons representing a plurality of members of the social network associated with the user; presenting to the user at least one financial transaction option selectable by the user for transferring funds to one of the members of the social network; receiving a request from the user to transfer funds from the user to an identified member selected from the plurality of members; receiving information from the user identifying an amount of money to be transferred to the identified member; and transmitting a transaction request to a transaction application so that the user can transfer funds to the identified member without the user having to leave the social network to execute the transaction. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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