System and methods for mobile ordering and payment
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for fulfilling a customer request for a requested item to be purchased from a designated merchant, the method performed by a tangibly embodied processing machine disposed in a customer device, the customer device being a smart phone, the method including:
- observing an observed event that is associated with processing performed by the smart phone, the observing the observed event triggering the customer request;
mapping the observed event with a corresponding order record stored in a database within the smartphone;
retrieving order information for the customer request from the corresponding order record, the order information including at least customer financial entity account information and ordering information for the customer request;
generating a merchant request based on the order information in the corresponding order record, the merchant request that is generated including at least customer identification information, the ordering information for the customer request, and customer financial entity account information; and
outputting the merchant request to the designated merchant, so as to provide the designated merchant with information to fulfill the customer request, the customer request constituting a transaction,wherein retrieving the order information from the corresponding order record includes the order record being retrieved from the database within the smart phone.
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Abstract
Computer implemented methods and systems for fulfilling a customer request for a requested item purchased from a merchant is provided. The method may be performed by a tangibly embodied processing machine disposed in a customer device. The method may include (1) observing, through the input of information, an observed event that is associated with a customer; (2) associating the observed event with a corresponding order record; (3) retrieving order information from the corresponding order record, the order information including at least customer financial entity account information; (4) generating a merchant request based at least in part on the order information in the corresponding order record, the merchant request including at least customer identification information and customer financial entity account information; and (5) outputting the merchant request to the designated merchant, so as to provide the designated merchant with information to fulfill the customer request.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for fulfilling a customer request for a requested item to be purchased from a designated merchant, the method performed by a tangibly embodied processing machine disposed in a customer device, the customer device being a smart phone, the method including:
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observing an observed event that is associated with processing performed by the smart phone, the observing the observed event triggering the customer request; mapping the observed event with a corresponding order record stored in a database within the smartphone; retrieving order information for the customer request from the corresponding order record, the order information including at least customer financial entity account information and ordering information for the customer request; generating a merchant request based on the order information in the corresponding order record, the merchant request that is generated including at least customer identification information, the ordering information for the customer request, and customer financial entity account information; and outputting the merchant request to the designated merchant, so as to provide the designated merchant with information to fulfill the customer request, the customer request constituting a transaction, wherein retrieving the order information from the corresponding order record includes the order record being retrieved from the database within the smart phone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer processing system that fulfills a customer request for a requested item to be purchased from a merchant, the system constituted by a tangibly embodied processing machine disposed in a customer smart phone, the computer processing system including:
at least one tangibly embodied processing, portion that; observes, through the input of information, an observed event that is associated with processing performed by the smart phone of the customer, the observing the observed event triggering the customer request; mapping the observed event with a corresponding order record that is stored in a database of the smart phone of the customer; retrieves order information for the customer request from the corresponding order record, the corresponding order record being retrieved from the database within the smart phone, the order information including at least customer financial entity account information and ordering information for the customer request; generates a merchant request based at least in part on the order information in the corresponding order record, the merchant request including at least customer identification information, the ordering information for the customer request, and customer financial entity account information; and outputs the merchant request to the designated merchant, so as to provide the designated merchant with information to fulfill the customer request.
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19. A non-transitory computer readable medium including code that fulfills a customer request for a requested item to be purchased from a merchant, the non-transitory computer readable medium being tangibly embodied and disposed in a customer smart phone, the non-transitory computer readable medium implementing the following steps when executed by a processor:
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a first portion that observes an observed event that is associated with processing performed by the smart phone, the observing the observed event triggering the customer request; a second portion that maps the observed event with a corresponding order record stored in a database within the smart phone; a third portion that retrieves order information for the customer request from the corresponding order record, the corresponding order record being retrieved from the database within the smart phone, the order information including at least customer financial entity account information and ordering information for the requested item for purchase from the merchant; a fourth portion that generates a merchant request based at least in part on the order information in the corresponding order record, the merchant request including at least customer identification information, the ordering information for the requested item, and customer financial entity account information; and a fifth portion that outputs the merchant request to the designated merchant, so as to provide the designated merchant with information to fulfill the customer request.
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