User interface for transactions

• US 10,621,581 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2016
• Issued: 04/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Van Os, Marcel, Anton, Peter D., Pitschel, Donald W., Tickner, Simon
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Hai
• Application Number:
  US15/351,230
• Publication Number:
  US 20170357972A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,247 Days
• Field of Search: 705 44
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/2295 Parent-child type, e.g. where parent has control on child rights
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/29 characterised by micropayments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3223 Realising banking transactions through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/36 using electronic wallets or electronic money safes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/386 using messaging services or messaging apps using mobile network messaging services for payment, e.g. SMS G06Q20/3255
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/401 Transaction verification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/001 Interfacing with vending machines using mobile or wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0009 Details of the software in the checkout register, electronic cash register [ECR] or point of sale terminal [POS]

Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to techniques for managing contextual transactions. In some examples, at a sender electronic device, a first user provides authorization to purchase an item for a second user. In some examples, at a recipient device, the second user selects one or more attributes for the item and requests to claim the item. In some examples, an electronic device displays a representation of an item and a purchase affordance for purchasing the item using a payment system that is available on the electronic device.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

one or more input devices;

one or more processors; and

a memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying a user interface of a first application;

while displaying the user interface of the first application, detecting an event that corresponds to instructions to display a representation of an item on the display; and

in response to detecting the event, displaying, on the display, the representation of the item in the first application, wherein displaying the representation of the item includes;

in accordance with a determination that the item satisfies a set of one or more purchase conditions, concurrently displaying, on the display, the representation of the item and a purchase affordance for purchasing the item using a payment system that is available on the electronic device; and

in accordance with a determination that the item does not satisfy the set of one or more purchase conditions, displaying the representation of the item on the display without displaying the purchase affordance for purchasing the item using the payment system that is available on the electronic device;

after detecting the event, when the purchase affordance is displayed concurrently with the representation of the item, detecting, via the one or more input devices, activation of the purchase affordance; and

in response to detecting activation of the purchase affordance, displaying a user interface of an electronic wallet application of the electronic device for proceeding with the purchase of the item, wherein the electronic wallet application is different from the first application.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein displaying the representation of the item includes:

in accordance with a determination that the item does not satisfy the set of one or more purchase conditions, displaying the representation of the item on the display without displaying the purchase affordance for purchasing the item using the payment system that is available on the electronic device independently of the first application.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first application is not configured to enable purchase of the item.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein detecting the event that corresponds to instructions to display the representation of the item on the display includes receiving a reference to the item.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein detecting the event that corresponds to instructions to display the representation of the item on the display includes detecting an identifier of a source of purchase of the item.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein concurrently displaying, on the display, the representation of the item and the purchase affordance includes:

displaying, on the display, the purchase affordance adjacent to the representation of the item.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the set of one or more purchase conditions includes a condition that is satisfied when the item is purchasable using the payment system of the electronic device.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the set of one or more purchase conditions includes a condition that is satisfied when the item is identified as purchasable based on the item being included in a catalog.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the set of one or more purchase conditions includes a condition that is satisfied when the item is identified as purchasable based on metadata available at a source where the item is available for purchase.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs including instructions for:

receiving a voice instruction corresponding to the item; and

purchasing the item using an electronic assistant of the electronic device and an electronic wallet of the electronic device.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs including instructions for:

prior to displaying the representation of the item, retrieving the representation of the item from a remote server based on a received reference to the item.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the user interface of the electronic wallet application includes an option to split the cost of the purchase of the item with one or more additional purchasers.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the user interface of the electronic wallet application includes an option for specifying a recipient of the item, the one or more programs including instructions for:

detecting, via the one or more input devices, input specifying the recipient of the item.

14. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the user interface of the electronic wallet application includes graphical representations of one or more configurable attributes of the item.

15. The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs including instructions for:

subsequent to detecting activation of the purchase affordance;

displaying a request for authorization to proceed with a payment transaction for the item;

receiving an input that is responsive to the request for authorization to proceed with the payment transaction for the item; and

in accordance with a determination that the input that is responsive to the request for authorization is consistent with input that is enabled to authorize the payment transaction for the item, proceeding with the payment transaction for the item.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display and one or more input devices, the one or more programs including instructions for:

displaying a user interface of a first application;

while displaying the user interface of the first application, detecting an event that corresponds to instructions to display a representation of an item on the display; and

in response to detecting the event, displaying, on the display, the representation of the item in the first application, wherein displaying the representation of the item includes;

in accordance with a determination that the item satisfies a set of one or more purchase conditions, concurrently displaying, on the display, the representation of the item and a purchase affordance for purchasing the item using a payment system that is available on the electronic device; and

in accordance with a determination that the item does not satisfy the set of one or more purchase conditions, displaying the representation of the item on the display without displaying the purchase affordance for purchasing the item using the payment system that is available on the electronic device;

after detecting the event, when the purchase affordance is displayed concurrently with the representation of the item, detecting, via the one or more input devices, activation of the purchase affordance; and

in response to detecting activation of the purchase affordance, displaying a user interface of an electronic wallet application of the electronic device for proceeding with the purchase of the item, wherein the electronic wallet application is different from the first application.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein displaying the representation of the item includes:

in accordance with a determination that the item does not satisfy the set of one or more purchase conditions, displaying the representation of the item on the display without displaying the purchase affordance for purchasing the item using the payment system that is available on the electronic device independently of the first application.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the first application is not configured to enable purchase of the item.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein detecting the event that corresponds to instructions to display the representation of the item on the display includes receiving a reference to the item.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein detecting the event that corresponds to instructions to display the representation of the item on the display includes detecting an identifier of a source of purchase of the item.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein concurrently displaying, on the display, the representation of the item and the purchase affordance includes:

displaying, on the display, the purchase affordance adjacent to the representation of the item.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the set of one or more purchase conditions includes a condition that is satisfied when the item is purchasable using the payment system of the electronic device.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the set of one or more purchase conditions includes a condition that is satisfied when the item is identified as purchasable based on the item being included in a catalog.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the set of one or more purchase conditions includes a condition that is satisfied when the item is identified as purchasable based on metadata available at a source where the item is available for purchase.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, the one or more programs including instructions for:

receiving a voice instruction corresponding to the item; and

purchasing the item using an electronic assistant of the electronic device and an electronic wallet of the electronic device.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, the one or more programs including instructions for:

prior to displaying the representation of the item, retrieving the representation of the item from a remote server based on a received reference to the item.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the user interface of the electronic wallet application includes an option to split the cost of the purchase of the item with one or more additional purchasers.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the user interface of the electronic wallet application includes an option for specifying a recipient of the item, the one or more programs including instructions for:

detecting, via the one or more input devices, input specifying the recipient of the item.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the user interface of the electronic wallet application includes graphical representations of one or more configurable attributes of the item.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, the one or more programs including instructions for:

subsequent to detecting activation of the purchase affordance;

displaying a request for authorization to proceed with a payment transaction for the item;

receiving an input that is responsive to the request for authorization to proceed with the payment transaction for the item; and

in accordance with a determination that the input that is responsive to the request for authorization is consistent with input that is enabled to authorize the payment transaction for the item, proceeding with the payment transaction for the item.

31. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a display and one or more input devices;

displaying a user interface of a first application;

while displaying the user interface of the first application, detecting an event that corresponds to instructions to display a representation of an item on the display; and

in response to detecting the event, displaying, on the display, the representation of the item in the first application, wherein displaying the representation of the item includes;

in accordance with a determination that the item satisfies a set of one or more purchase conditions, concurrently displaying, on the display, the representation of the item and a purchase affordance for purchasing the item using a payment system that is available on the electronic device; and

in accordance with a determination that the item does not satisfy the set of one or more purchase conditions, displaying the representation of the item on the display without displaying the purchase affordance for purchasing the item using the payment system that is available on the electronic device;

after detecting the event, when the purchase affordance is displayed concurrently with the representation of the item, detecting, via the one or more input devices, activation of the purchase affordance; and

in response to detecting activation of the purchase affordance, displaying a user interface of an electronic wallet application of the electronic device for proceeding with the purchase of the item, wherein the electronic wallet application is different from the first application.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein displaying the representation of the item includes:

in accordance with a determination that the item does not satisfy the set of one or more purchase conditions, displaying the representation of the item on the display without displaying the purchase affordance for purchasing the item using the payment system that is available on the electronic device independently of the first application.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein the first application is not configured to enable purchase of the item.

34. The method of claim 31, wherein detecting the event that corresponds to instructions to display the representation of the item on the display includes receiving a reference to the item.

35. The method of claim 31, wherein detecting the event that corresponds to instructions to display the representation of the item on the display includes detecting an identifier of a source of purchase of the item.

36. The method of claim 31, wherein concurrently displaying, on the display, the representation of the item and the purchase affordance includes:

displaying, on the display, the purchase affordance adjacent to the representation of the item.

37. The method of claim 31, wherein the set of one or more purchase conditions includes a condition that is satisfied when the item is purchasable using the payment system of the electronic device.

38. The method of claim 31, wherein the set of one or more purchase conditions includes a condition that is satisfied when the item is identified as purchasable based on the item being included in a catalog.

39. The method of claim 31, wherein the set of one or more purchase conditions includes a condition that is satisfied when the item is identified as purchasable based on metadata available at a source where the item is available for purchase.

40. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

receiving a voice instruction corresponding to the item; and

purchasing the item using an electronic assistant of the electronic device and an electronic wallet of the electronic device.

41. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

prior to displaying the representation of the item, retrieving the representation of the item from a remote server based on a received reference to the item.

42. The method of claim 31, wherein the user interface of the electronic wallet application includes an option to split the cost of the purchase of the item with one or more additional purchasers.

43. The method of claim 31, wherein the user interface of the electronic wallet application includes an option for specifying a recipient of the item, the method further comprising:

detecting, via the one or more input devices, input specifying the recipient of the item.

44. The method of claim 31, wherein the user interface of the electronic wallet application includes graphical representations of one or more configurable attributes of the item.

45. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

subsequent to detecting activation of the purchase affordance;

displaying a request for authorization to proceed with a payment transaction for the item;

receiving an input that is responsive to the request for authorization to proceed with the payment transaction for the item; and

in accordance with a determination that the input that is responsive to the request for authorization is consistent with input that is enabled to authorize the payment transaction for the item, proceeding with the payment transaction for the item.