Group peer-to-peer financial transactions
First Claim
1. A method for conducting a group transaction having a plurality of group transaction members on a handheld electronic device, the method comprising:
- acquiring a group invoice on the handheld electronic device, the group invoice comprising one or more group invoice items;
paying the entirety of the group invoice using the handheld electronic device;
determining a partial invoice for each group transaction member, each partial invoice including a payment amount owed by a respective group transaction member;
providing each of the partial invoices to a respective group transaction member; and
collecting a payment from each of the group transaction members based on the payment amount included in each of the group transaction members'"'"' respective partial invoice.
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Abstract
Various techniques are provided for carrying out peer-to-peer financial transactions using one or more electronic devices. In one embodiment, a request for payment is transmitted from a first device to a second device using a near field communication (NFC) interface. In response to the request, the second device may transmit payment information to the first device. The first device may select a crediting account and, using a suitable communication protocol, may communicate the received payment information and selected crediting account to one or more external financial servers configured to process and determine whether the payment may be authorized. If the payment is authorized, a payment may be credited to the selected crediting account. In a further embodiment, a device may include a camera configured to obtain an image of a payment instrument. The device may further include an application to extract payment information from the acquired image.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for conducting a group transaction having a plurality of group transaction members on a handheld electronic device, the method comprising:
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acquiring a group invoice on the handheld electronic device, the group invoice comprising one or more group invoice items; paying the entirety of the group invoice using the handheld electronic device; determining a partial invoice for each group transaction member, each partial invoice including a payment amount owed by a respective group transaction member; providing each of the partial invoices to a respective group transaction member; and collecting a payment from each of the group transaction members based on the payment amount included in each of the group transaction members'"'"' respective partial invoice. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for conducting a group transaction having a plurality of group transaction members comprising an initiating handheld electronic device configured to acquire a group invoice, pay the group invoice, and determine a partial invoice for each group transaction member based on inputs received by a user of the handheld electronic device;
wherein paying the group invoice comprises transmitting payment information including at least one payment account stored on the initiating handheld electronic device and selected by the user to a separate device operated by the provider of the operated by the provider of the group invoice using a communication interface configured to establish a communication path with a communication interface on the separate device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A handheld electronic device comprising:
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a processor; at least one communication interface, wherein the at least one communication interface comprises a first communication interface configured to establish a communication path with a communication interface on a separate device; and a memory device communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to store at least one payment account, at least one crediting account, and a transaction application executable by the processor, the transaction application being configured to display a group invoice received from the separate device using the first communication interface, determine a payment account, provide payment information including at least the payment account to the separate device, determine a partial invoice for each of one or more group transaction members, and collect a payment from each of the one or more group transaction members based on a respective partial invoice. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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