EXPIRING BALANCE FOR SPENDING OR PASSING ALONG TO A FRIEND
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1. A system, comprising:
- one or more processors configured to;
add an expiring balance to an account associated with a user;
determine when the balance has expired and subtract the expiring balance from the account when the balance has expired;
determine when the user is requesting to process a payment using the expiring balance and process the payment and subtract the expiring balance from the account when the user requests to process a payment using the expiring balance;
determine when the user is sending a notification including merchant information for a merchant that will not accept the expiring balance as a payment and store the merchant information when the user sends the notification; and
determine when the user is requesting to pass the expiring balance on to a friend; and
a memory coupled to the one or more processors and configured to store the account associated with the user and the merchant information.
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Abstract
An expiring balance may be provided to a user account that the user can spend or pass along to a friend. The user may be given a limited time in which to spend the expiring balance after which the balance will not be available to the user. When the user decides to pass the balance along to a friend, an expiration time associated with the expiring balance may be reset. The expiring balance may be redeemed at participating locations and, if a location is not participating, the user may be able to notify an entity providing the expiring balance of the non-participation.
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25 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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one or more processors configured to; add an expiring balance to an account associated with a user; determine when the balance has expired and subtract the expiring balance from the account when the balance has expired; determine when the user is requesting to process a payment using the expiring balance and process the payment and subtract the expiring balance from the account when the user requests to process a payment using the expiring balance; determine when the user is sending a notification including merchant information for a merchant that will not accept the expiring balance as a payment and store the merchant information when the user sends the notification; and determine when the user is requesting to pass the expiring balance on to a friend; and a memory coupled to the one or more processors and configured to store the account associated with the user and the merchant information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
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adding an expiring balance to an account associated with a user; subtracting the expiring balance from the account when the balance has expired; processing the payment and subtracting the expiring balance from the account when the user requests to process a payment using the expiring balance; sending a notification including merchant information for a merchant that will not accept the expiring balance as a payment and storing the merchant information when the user sends the notification; and determining when the user is requesting to pass the expiring balance along to a friend. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
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receiving a notification of a received expiring balance; sending friend information when the expiring balance is sent to a friend; displaying a list of nearby merchants; sending merchant information when a merchant does not accept the expiring balance; and sending payment information when spending the expiring balance. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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