TRANSACTION SERVICE PURCHASE OPTIONS VIA A PAYMENT PROVIDER

• US 20130290176A1
• Filed: 04/26/2012
• Published: 10/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2012
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: TIRUMALASHETTY, SESHAGIRI RAO
• Application Number:
  US13/456,322
• Publication Number:
  US 20130290176A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing

Abstract

A request for payment for goods or services can be made to a payment provider. The payment provider can then provide the payer of the payment with access to a recommended list of service purchase options, based on the goods or services listed in the request for payment. The payer can sort the recommended list of service purchase options based on location of the service purchase option or service provider, type of service purchase option, customer reviews, price, popularity, etc. Upon selecting a particular service purchase option, the payer can pay for it using the services of the payment provider.

Claims

1. An electronic payment processing system comprising:

a memory storing user account information, wherein the information comprises funding sources for a user account and any restrictions on the funding sources; and

one or more processors in communication with the memory configured to

receive by a payment provider a request for a payment for a good or service;

determine information about a payee, a payment amount, and a payer;

process the payment to the payee; and

electronically send a URL to the payer which, when accessed, provides a selectable list of service purchase options related to the good or service from pre-selected service purchase providers.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the list of service purchase options comprises a service contract, extended warranty, maintenance agreement, or a combination thereof.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the selectable list of service purchase items can be refined by the payer according to sorting criteria such as relevance, popularity, price, customer review, distance to a particular location, or a combination thereof.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors in communication with the memory is further configured to notify a service purchase provider that the payer has selected a particular service purchase option.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the payment is for a purchase at a physical merchant point of sale location.

6. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by one or more processors of a server are adapted to cause the server to perform a method comprising:

receiving a request for a payment for a good or a service by a payer to a payee;

receiving authorization from the payer to access account information with a payment provider;

processing the payment by transferring funds from the payer'"'"'s account to a payee account; and

electronically sending the payer service purchase options related to the good or service.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the service purchase options are localized to the payer'"'"'s geographic area.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 6, further comprising compiling a list of service providers of the service purchase options.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving a request for a payment by the payer to a service purchase option provider after the payer has selected a service purchase option;

receiving authorization from the payer to access account information with a payment provider; and

processing the payment by transferring funds from the payer'"'"'s account to a service purchase option provider account.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 6, further comprising notifying a service purchase option provider of a payer'"'"'s selection of a particular service purchase option.

11. A method comprising:

receiving, electronically by a processor of a payment provider, a request for a payment for a good or service;

determining information about a payer, a payee, and a payment amount;

determining whether the payer has an account with the payment provider that can be used to make the payment;

processing the payment to the payee; and

presenting the payer with at least one service purchasing option related to the good or service, the information on the payer, the information on the payee, or a combination thereof

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the payment is for a purchase at a physical merchant point of sale location.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising processing a payment for a service purchasing option selected by the payer.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising notifying the service provider of the service purchasing option that the payer selected.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the service purchasing option comprises a service contract, extended warranty, maintenance agreement, or a combination thereof.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising searching for a service purchasing option related to the good or service based on the location of the payer or the payee.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one service purchasing option is sorted and presented to the payer based on the location of the service provider with respect to the location of the payer, the reviews of the at least one service purchasing option or service provider, the type of service purchasing option, the location of the point of sale, or a combination thereof, based on the preference of the payer.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the payment is for a purchase at a physical merchant point of sale location.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein presenting the payer with at least one service purchasing option comprises placing at least one hyperlink in the confirmation of payment.

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising recommending other alternative service purchasing options to the payer if the payer declines the use of at least one other service purchasing option.

21. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one service purchasing option is presented to the payer from a pool of screened or filtered options.