EXTENDING TEMPORARY CREDIT BASED ON RISK FACTORS
First Claim
1. A system for determining a risk in extending credit to a user, comprising:
- one or more processors configured to;
receive an indication that a user is at a location;
receive risk factors from account information of the user, the risk factors including at least a purchase history, a payment history, past amounts paid, a first number of credit cards associated with the user, and past credit extended to the user; and
determine a risk score based on the received risk factors;
determine when the risk score is greater than a threshold; and
extend credit to the user when the risk score is greater than the threshold; and
a memory coupled to the one or more processors and configured to store the account information of the user including the risk factors.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for extending short term credit to a user when a user enters a location or checks in to a location. The credit may be extended based on a risk score determined based on risk factors associated with the user. The risk factors used to determine the risk score may include a purchase history, a payment history, past amounts paid, a first number of credit cards associated with the user, and past credit extended to the user. Credit information from a credit server may also be used to determine the risk score. The determined risk score may be compared to one or more thresholds to determine if credit should be extended to the user and, if credit is to be extended, the amount of credit to be extended.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for determining a risk in extending credit to a user, comprising:
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one or more processors configured to; receive an indication that a user is at a location; receive risk factors from account information of the user, the risk factors including at least a purchase history, a payment history, past amounts paid, a first number of credit cards associated with the user, and past credit extended to the user; and determine a risk score based on the received risk factors; determine when the risk score is greater than a threshold; and extend credit to the user when the risk score is greater than the threshold; and a memory coupled to the one or more processors and configured to store the account information of the user including the risk factors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method for extending credit to a user, the method comprising:
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receiving an indication that a user is at a location; receiving risk factors from account information of the user, the risk factors including at least a purchase history, a payment history, past amounts paid, a first number of credit cards associated with the user, and past credit extended to the user; determining a risk score based on the received risk factors; determining when the risk score is greater than a threshold; and extending credit to the user when the risk score is greater than the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for extending credit to a user, comprising:
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receiving, by one or more processors of a payment processing server, a request to check the user into a location; receiving, by the one or more processors, risk factors from account information of the user associated with the payment processing server stored in a memory of the payment processing server, the risk factors including at least a purchase history, a payment history, past amounts paid, a first number of credit cards associated with the user, and past credit extended to the user; determining, by the one or more processors, a risk score based on the received risk factors; determining, by the one or more processors, when the risk score is greater than a threshold; extending, by the one or more processors, an initial amount of credit to the user when the risk score is greater than the threshold, the credit being specific to the location and having an expiration time; determining, by the one or more processors, when the user authenticates with the payment processing server; and extending, by the one or more processors, a second amount of credit to the user that is larger than the initial amount of credit when the user authenticates with the payment processing server. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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