LOCATION-BASED SERVICE PAYMENT AND SETUP
Payments are made to service providers for services rendered at a specific user location when the user is detected at that location. This may be when the user's mobile device is detected at a house or business that the user is responsible for service payments. The user may be asked, through the mobile device, whether to make a payment. The request may only be sent when a payment is due. In another embodiment, services are set up for the user when a new address is detected for the user. Specific services may be set up depending on the location and/or user information, such as services utilized by the user at a previous location.
1 . A method for making a location-based payment, comprising:
determining a location of a user through a user device;
accessing an account of the user with a payment provider;
determining, by a processor of the payment provider, whether the user is current on a payment for a service associated with the location and the account, wherein the service charges the user a recurring amount for use of the service at the location; and
processing the payment for the service.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, by the processor to the user through a user device, a request to make the payment for the service; and
receiving, from the user device, a confirmation or cancellation of the request.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the location is the location of the user device.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the location corresponds to a dwelling or business associated with the user.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the service is a utility.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the payment is automatically made to a service provider providing the service when the user device is at the location.
7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising notifying, by the processor, the user that the payment has been made.
8 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the request comprises information about the service and an amount of the payment.
9 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, are adapted to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
determining a location of a user through a user device;
accessing an account of the user with a payment provider;
determining, by the payment provider, whether the user is current on a payment for a service associated with the location and the account, wherein the service charges the user a recurring amount for use of the service at the location; and
processing the payment for the service.
10 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:
transmitting, to the user through a user device, a request to make the payment for the service; and
receiving, from the user device, a confirmation or cancellation of the request.
11 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the request comprises information about the service and an amount of the payment.
12 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the location is the location of the user device.
13 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the location corresponds to a dwelling or business associated with the user.
14 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the service is a utility.
15 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the payment is automatically made to a service provider providing the service when the user device is at the location.
16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises notifying the user that the payment has been made.
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