STREAMLINED TRAVEL PAYMENTS
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1. A system, comprising:
- a memory device storing user account information, wherein the user account information comprises the financial account information of the user and the user'"'"'s predetermined route of travel including a first location and a second location; and
one or more processors in communication with the memory device and operable to;
receive payment instructions for making a first payment to a first merchant at the first location and a second payment to a second merchant at the second location;
determine a location of the user;
automatically transmit a first payment request when the user is within a first predetermined distance from the first location and automatically transmit a second payment request when the user is within a second predetermined distance from the second location;
receive a payment confirmation from the user in response to the first or the second payment request; and
process the first or the second payment request.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for making payments during travel are described. The methods include receiving payment instructions for a plurality of predetermined locations associated with a plurality of merchants, determining a location of a user, automatically transmitting a payment request when the user is within a predetermined distance of one of the predetermined locations, receiving a payment confirmation from the user, and processing the payment request.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a memory device storing user account information, wherein the user account information comprises the financial account information of the user and the user'"'"'s predetermined route of travel including a first location and a second location; and one or more processors in communication with the memory device and operable to; receive payment instructions for making a first payment to a first merchant at the first location and a second payment to a second merchant at the second location; determine a location of the user; automatically transmit a first payment request when the user is within a first predetermined distance from the first location and automatically transmit a second payment request when the user is within a second predetermined distance from the second location; receive a payment confirmation from the user in response to the first or the second payment request; and process the first or the second payment request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of making payments during travel, comprising:
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receiving payment instructions for making a first payment to a first merchant at a first location along a travel route of a user and a second payment to a second merchant at a second location along the travel route of the user; determining, by one or more hardware processors of a service provider, a location of the user; automatically transmitting, by one or more hardware processors of a service provider, a first payment request when the user is within a first predetermined distance from the first location and automatically transmit a second payment request when the user is within a second predetermined distance from the second location; receiving a payment confirmation from the user in response to the first or the second payment request; and processing the first or the second payment request. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, are adapted to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
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receiving payment instructions for making a first payment to a first merchant at a first location along a travel route of a user and making a second first payment to a second merchant at a second location along the travel route of the user; determining a location of the user; automatically transmitting a first payment request when the user is within a first predetermined distance from the first location and automatically transmitting a second payment request when the user is within a second predetermined distance from the second location; receiving a payment confirmation from the user in response to the first or the second payment request; and processing the first or the second payment request. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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