Method and apparatus for facilitating online payment transactions in a network-based transaction facility using multiple payment instruments
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating online payment transactions between participants in a network-based transaction facility, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- communicating to a first participant, information identifying a plurality of payment instruments available for processing online payment transactions in the network-based transaction facility, the information to facilitate a selection by the first participant of at least one of the plurality of payment instruments that the first participant is willing to accept when receiving a payment from a second participant;
receiving payment option information from the first participant, the payment option information identifying the selection of the at least one of the plurality of payment instruments;
determining that the first participant is qualified to accept the at least one of the plurality of payment instruments, the determination being based on a risk management operation;
communicating the payment option information to the second participant via a communications network;
determining a risk level of an online payment transaction between the first participant and the second participant using at least feedback information, the feedback information pertaining to the second participant and including information provided by peers of the second participant in the network-based transaction facility, the risk level to determine whether the second participant is qualified to use a payment instrument selected by the second participant from the at least one payment instrument acceptable to the first participant; and
accepting personal billing information concerning the selected payment instrument if the second participant is qualified to use the selected payment instrument, the personal billing information being accepted via the communications network to facilitate the online payment transaction between the first participant and the second participant.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for facilitating online payment transactions between participants in a network-based transaction facility are described. In one embodiment, user interface information is communicated to a first participant via a communications network. The user interface information identifies various payment instruments available for processing online payment transactions in the network-based transaction facility. Further, payment option information is received from the first participant via the communications network. The payment option information indicates the willingness of the first participant to accept a payment from a second participant via one or more of the various payment instruments. This payment option information is passed to the second participant via the communications network. Afterwards, personal billing information is accepted from the second participant via the communications network to facilitate an online payment transaction between the first participant and the second participant. The personal billing information concerns a payment instrument selected by the second participant from the payment instruments specified by the first participant.
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25 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating online payment transactions between participants in a network-based transaction facility, the computer-implemented method comprising:
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communicating to a first participant, information identifying a plurality of payment instruments available for processing online payment transactions in the network-based transaction facility, the information to facilitate a selection by the first participant of at least one of the plurality of payment instruments that the first participant is willing to accept when receiving a payment from a second participant; receiving payment option information from the first participant, the payment option information identifying the selection of the at least one of the plurality of payment instruments; determining that the first participant is qualified to accept the at least one of the plurality of payment instruments, the determination being based on a risk management operation; communicating the payment option information to the second participant via a communications network; determining a risk level of an online payment transaction between the first participant and the second participant using at least feedback information, the feedback information pertaining to the second participant and including information provided by peers of the second participant in the network-based transaction facility, the risk level to determine whether the second participant is qualified to use a payment instrument selected by the second participant from the at least one payment instrument acceptable to the first participant; and accepting personal billing information concerning the selected payment instrument if the second participant is qualified to use the selected payment instrument, the personal billing information being accepted via the communications network to facilitate the online payment transaction between the first participant and the second participant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for facilitating online payment transactions between participants in a network-based transaction facility, the system comprising:
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the network-based transaction facility to implement a transaction system that facilitates business transactions between a user and another user; a client, coupled to the network-based transaction facility, to present information identifying a plurality of payment instruments available for processing online payment transactions pertaining to corresponding business transactions, the presented information facilitating a selection by the user of at least one of the plurality of payment instruments that the user is willing to accept when receiving a payment from the other user, and to communicate payment option information of the user over a communications network, the payment option information identifying the selection of the at least one of the plurality of payment instruments; and an online payment service, coupled to the network-based transaction facility and the client via the communications network, the online payment service to receive the payment option information from the client, to determine that the user is qualified to accept the at least one of the plurality of payment instruments, the determination being based on a risk management operation, to make the payment option information available to the other user via the communications network, to enable the other user to select a preferred payment instrument from the at least one of the payment instruments acceptable to the user, to determine whether the other user is qualified to use the preferred payment instrument based on a determination of a risk level of an online payment transaction between the user and the other user, and to accept personal billing information concerning the preferred payment instrument from the other user via the communications network if the other user is qualified to use the preferred payment instrument, wherein the risk level is performed using feedback information pertaining to the other user and provided by peers of the other user in the network-based transaction facility. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed on a machine, cause the machine to perform a method for facilitating online payment transactions between participants in a network-based transaction facility, the method comprising:
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communicating to a first participant, via a communications network, information identifying a plurality of payment instruments available for processing online payment transactions in the network-based transaction facility, the information to facilitate a selection by the first participant of at least one of the plurality of payment instruments that the first participant is willing to accept when receiving a payment from a second participant; receiving payment option information from the first participant via the communications network, the payment option information identifying the selection of the at least one of the plurality of payment instruments; determining that the first participant is qualified to accept the at least one of the plurality of payment instruments, the determination being based on a risk management operation; communicating the payment option information to the second participant via the communications network; determining a risk level of an online payment transaction between the first participant and the second participant using feedback information, pertaining to the second participant and provided by peers of the second participant in the network-based transaction facility, to determine, based on the risk level, whether the second participant is qualified to use a payment instrument selected by the second participant from the at least one payment instrument acceptable to the first participant; and accepting personal billing information concerning the selected payment instrument if the second participant is qualified to use the selected payment instrument, the personal billing information being accepted via the communications network to facilitate the online payment transaction between the first participant and the second participant.
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