Multi-system distributed processing of payment and/or non-payment information

• US 10,755,343 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2010
• Issued: 08/25/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Lutnick, Howard W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Haq, Naeem U
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sutch, Jr., Norman Donald
• Application Number:
  US12/757,270
• Publication Number:
  US 20110251919A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,791 Days
• Field of Search: 705 261, 705 271
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/202 Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/34 using cards, e.g. integrated circuit [IC] cards or magnetic cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/24 for parking meters

Abstract

Various systems and methods that may relate to referral and/or delivery services are described. Some embodiments may include communication using a payment processing device. Various other embodiments are described.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor over a communication network, an indication of items entered through a graphical user interface of a display of a computing device of a user that the user desires to be delivered multiple times in the future;

receiving, by the processor over the communication network, an indication of a payment method entered through the graphical user interface of the computing device that the user desires to use for each of the multiple times to pay for the items;

in response to receiving the indication of items and the indication of the payment method, establishing, by the processor over the communication network, a control in the graphical user interface actuatable by the user to place an order for delivery of the items paid for using the payment method;

receiving, by the processor over the communication network, a plurality of actuations of the control in the graphical user interface as a respective plurality of orders for delivery of the items using the payment method; and

automatically in response to receiving each actuation of the plurality of actuations of the control in the graphical user interface from the user,

determining, by the processor, whether a respective order of the plurality of orders cannot be fulfilled,

when a determination is the respective order can be fulfilled based on a determination that a merchant is open, transmitting, by the processor over the communication network, an indication of the items of the respective order and the payment method to a remote device configured to, in response to receiving the indication of the items of the respective order and the payment method from the processor, facilitate delivery of the items of the respective order to the user and complete payment for the items of the respective order using the payment method without requesting additional input from the user other than the actuation,

when a determination is the respective order cannot be fulfilled based on a determination that the merchant is closed, transmitting, by the processor over the communication network to the computing device, a notification indicating that the respective order cannot be fulfilled because the merchant is closed, and

when a determination is the respective order cannot be fulfilled based on a determination that a confirmation of the respective order from the merchant is not received, causing, by the processor over the communication network, display at the display of the computing device of an available merchant that is currently open to fulfill the respective order.

2. A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed by a processor causes the processor to:

receive, over a communication network, an indication of items entered through a graphical user interface of a computing device of a user that the user desires to be delivered multiple times in the future;

receive, over the communication network, an indication of a payment method entered through the graphical user interface of the computing device that the user desires to use for each of the multiple times to pay for the items;

in response to receiving the indication of items and the indication of the payment method, establish, over the communication network, a control in the graphical user interface actuatable by the user to place an order for delivery of the items using the payment method;

receive, over the communication network, a plurality of actuations of the control in the graphical user interface as a respective plurality of orders for delivery of the items using the payment method; and

automatically in response to receiving each actuation of the plurality of actuations of the control in the graphical user interface from the user,

determine whether a respective order of the plurality of orders cannot be fulfilled,

when a determination is the respective order can be fulfilled based on a determination that a merchant is open, transmit, over the communication network, an indication of the items of the respective order and the payment method to a remote device configured to facilitate delivery of the items of the respective order to the user and complete payment for the items of the respective order using the payment method without requesting additional input other than the indication of the items of the respective order in response to receiving the indication of the items of the respective order from the processor,

when a determination is the respective order cannot be fulfilled based on a determination that the merchant is closed, transmit, over the communication network to the computing device, a notification indicating that the respective order cannot be fulfilled because the merchant is closed, and

when a determination is the respective order cannot be fulfilled based on a determination that a confirmation of the respective order from the merchant is not received, causing, by the processor over the communication network, display at the display of the computing device of an available merchant that is currently open to fulfill the respective order.

3. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 2, in which the control in the graphical user interface includes an icon on a desktop of the computing device.

4. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 2, in which each actuation includes at least one of a single click on an icon on a desktop or a double click on the icon.

5. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 2, in which the remote device includes a remote device of a delivery service.

6. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 2, in which establishing the control includes placing an icon on a desktop of the computing device, in which the user may actuate the icon any of the multiple times to cause transmission of information about the items and payment method to the remote device without the information being reentered at any of the multiple times in order to place a respective order for delivery of the items.

7. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 2, in which each indication of the items of the respective order is transmitted without receiving input from the user other than the actuation.

8. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 2, in which each indication of the items of the respective order is transmitted without requesting input from the user.

9. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 8, in which each indication of the respective order is transmitted without receiving additional information about any of an amount for the payment, a location for delivery, and the items to be purchased other than the indication of the items and the indication of the payment method.

10. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 2, in which the items include food items offered for sale by a restaurant.

11. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 2, in which the payment includes a charge on a credit card.

12. A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that when executed by a processor causes the processor to:

receive, over a communication network from a remote device, a plurality of indications, each indication identifying a respective actuation of a plurality of actuations by a user of a control in a graphical user interface of the remote device, in which the plurality of actuations correspond to a respective plurality of orders, in which the remote device is configured to transmit, over the communication network, an indication of an order of same desired items and a same desired payment method for delivery of the same desired items of the order to the processor in response to each actuation of the control; and

in response to only receiving each indication of a respective order from the remote device over the communication network,

determine whether the respective order cannot be fulfilled,

when a determination is the respective order can be fulfilled based on a determination that a merchant is open, facilitate a delivery of the same desired items of the respective order from a merchant to the user of the remote device without requesting input from the user, and facilitate a respective completion of a payment for the same desired items of the respective order using the payment method without requesting input from the user,

when a determination is the respective order cannot be fulfilled based on a determination that the merchant is closed, transmit, over the communication network to the remote device, a notification indicating that the respective order cannot be fulfilled because the merchant is closed, and

when a determination is the respective order cannot be fulfilled based on a determination that a confirmation of the respective order from the merchant is not received, causing, by the processor over the communication network, display at the display of the computing device of an available merchant that is currently open to fulfill the respective order.

13. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 12, in which the control in the user interface includes an icon on a desktop of the remote device.

14. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 12, in which each actuation includes at least one of a single click on an icon on a desktop or a double click on the icon.

15. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 12, in which the processor is of a computing device of a delivery service.

16. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 12, in which facilitating the delivery and the completion for the respective order include facilitating without receiving input from the user other than the actuation.

17. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 12, in which facilitating the delivery and the completion for the respective order include facilitating without requesting input from the user.

18. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 12, in which the items include food items offered for sale by a restaurant.

19. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 12, in which the payment includes a charge on a credit card.

20. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 12, in which the payment method and the same desired items are pre-established as being linked to the control by the remote device prior to receiving any of the plurality of indications.

21. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 12, in which the payment method and the same desired items are pre-established as being linked to the control by storing information by the processor prior to the receiving any of the plurality of indications, and in which the processor is a processor of a computing device of a delivery service.