IP Library Granted Patent US 10,489,761
Granted Patent B2
US 10,489,761 · App. 16/138,494 · Granted Nov 26, 2019

System and method for providing third party payments with non-integrated merchants

Inventors: David A. Pinski (Narberth, PA); Andrey L. Utis (Media, PA)
Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
G06Q20/12G06Q30/0613
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Patent No.
US 10,489,761
App. No.
16/138,494
Granted
Nov 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method in accordance with example embodiments may include third party payments with non-integrated merchants. A system and method in accordance with example embodiments may utilize a plug in or application to intercept retailer data from a third party, analyze data, and present information to a customer based on the intercepted data and the analysis.

Claims (74)

1. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:

monitor, via a browser widget implemented in a web browser of a customer device, interactions between the customer device and a third-party website associated with a merchant system, the browser widget being linked to a non-integrated payment account associated with a user of the customer device, the non-integrated payment account comprising one or more non-integrated payment options not offered by the third-party website and being serviced by an issuer system that is independent from and unassociated with the merchant system;

responsive to detecting a trigger event comprising payment information associated with a purchasing financial account, intercept, by the browser widget, retailer data from the third-party website, the retailer data comprising a transaction amount associated with one or more items or services to be purchased from the third-party website;

determine, based at least in part on the retailer data and account data associated with the non-integrated payment account, that a purchase by the user is eligible for an applicable non-integrated payment option of the one or more non-integrated payment options;

generate, for display on a display of the customer device, a selectable option associated with paying the transaction amount via the applicable non-integrated payment option; and

responsive to receiving, from the customer device, an indication of selection of the selectable option:

generate, for display on the display of the customer device, a message indicative of a sufficient balance of funds for payment with the applicable non-integrated payment option and a potential impact on a status associated with the applicable non-integrated payment option; and

transmit, to the issuer system, customer-inputted transaction data comprising information indicative of a purchasing financial account and the applicable non-integrated payment option, such that the issuer system is enabled to process a payment for purchase of the one or more items or services to be purchased from the third-party website by:

providing a temporary adjustment to the purchasing financial account to offset an amount of funds equal to the transaction amount;

transferring, from the purchasing financial account and to the merchant system, the amount of funds equal to the transaction amount; and

subsequent to transferring the amount of funds to the merchant system:

 shifting payment of the amount of funds from an account associated with the applicable non-integrated payment option to the purchasing financial account; and

 removing the temporary adjustment from the purchasing financial account.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the trigger event comprises at least one of:

selection of an item or service for purchase;

presentation, by the third-party website, of a shopping cart list indicative of one or more items selected for purchase;

presentation, by the third-party website, of one or more integrated payment options; and

receipt of a request for the browser widget to determine whether the purchase by the user is eligible for one of the one or more non-integrated payment options, the request received from the customer device and indicative of a manual request by the user.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining that the purchase by the user is eligible for the applicable non-integrated payment option comprises determining, based on the retailer data and the account data, the applicable non-integrated payment option has a sufficient amount of available credit to purchase the one or more items or services to be purchased from the third-party website.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining that the purchase by the user is eligible for the applicable non-integrated payment option comprises determining, based on the retailer data and the account data, whether the applicable non-integrated payment option has a sufficient number of rewards points to redeem as payment for the one or more items or services to be purchased from the third-party website.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining that the purchase by the user is eligible for the applicable non-integrated payment option comprises determining, based on the retailer data and the account data, whether the applicable non-integrated payment option qualifies for a credit limit increase or an alternate credit line to purchase the one or more items or services to be purchased from the third-party website.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the third-party website is an e-commerce website.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the browser widget is linked to the non-integrated payment account via a secure channel.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the secure channel is a read-only application program interface.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the secure channel is a direct service link to the issuer system.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transaction data comprises the transaction amount and a time of transmission.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining that the purchase by the user is eligible for the applicable non-integrated payment option comprises:

identifying at least one item or service of the one or more items or services to be purchased from the third-party website; and

determining that the at least one item or service is eligible to be purchased via redemption of rewards points associated with the issuer system.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining that the purchase by the user is eligible for the applicable non-integrated payment option comprises:

identifying at least one item or service of the one or more items or services to be purchased from the third-party website; and

determining that the at least one item or service is eligible to be purchased via a one-time line of credit.

13. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:

receive, from a browser widget linked to a non-integrated payment account associated with a customer device, intercepted retailer data comprising a transaction amount associated with one or more items or services to be purchased from a third-party website associated with a merchant system and payment information associated with a purchasing financial account;

determine, based at least in part on the retailer data and account data associated with the non-integrated payment account, that a purchase by a user associated with the non-integrated payment account is eligible for an applicable non-integrated payment option of one or more non-integrated payment options associated with the system, the one or more non-integrated payment options not offered by the third-party website and the system being independent from and unassociated with the merchant system;

generate, for display on a display of the customer device, a selectable option associated with paying the transaction amount via the applicable non-integrated payment option; and

responsive to the browser widget receiving, from the customer device, an indication of selection of the selectable option:

transmit, to the browser widget, instructions to generate, for display on the display of the customer device, a message indicative of a sufficient balance of funds for payment with the applicable non-integrated payment option and a potential impact on a status associated with the applicable non-integrated payment option; and

transmit, to the merchant system, payment for purchase of the one or more items or services to be purchased from the third-party website by:

providing a temporary adjustment to the purchasing financial account to offset an amount of funds equal to the transaction amount; and

transferring, from the purchasing financial account and to the merchant system, the amount of funds equal to the transaction amount; and

subsequent to transferring the amount of funds to the merchant system:

 shifting payment of the amount of funds from an account associated with the applicable non-integrated payment option to the purchasing financial account; and

 removing the temporary adjustment from the purchasing financial account.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the browser widget is configured to:

monitor interactions between the customer device and a third-party website associated with a merchant system; and

responsive to detecting a trigger event, intercept retailer data from the third-party website, the retailer data intercepted from the third-party website being the intercepted retailer data.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein determining that the purchase by the user is eligible for the applicable non-integrated payment option comprises determining, based on the retailer data and the account data, whether the applicable non-integrated payment option has a sufficient amount of available credit to purchase the one or more items or services to be purchased from the third-party website.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein determining that the purchase by the user is eligible for the applicable non-integrated payment option comprises determining, based on the retailer data and the account data, whether the applicable non-integrated payment option has a sufficient number of rewards points to redeem as payment for the one or more items or services to be purchased from the third-party website.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein determining that the purchase by the user is eligible for the applicable non-integrated payment option comprises determining, based on the retailer data and the account data, whether the applicable non-integrated payment option qualifies for a credit limit increase or an alternate credit line to purchase the one or more items or services to be purchased from the third-party website.

18. A non-transitory, computer readable medium comprising code for a browser widget associated with a non-integrated payment account that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

monitor interactions between a customer device and a third-party website associated with a merchant system, the customer device being linked to a non-integrated payment account associated with a user of the customer device, the non-integrated payment account comprising one or more non-integrated payment options not offered by the third-party website and being serviced by an issuer system that is independent from and unassociated with the merchant system;

responsive to detecting a trigger event comprising payment information associated with a purchasing financial account, intercept retailer data from the third-party website, the retailer data comprising a transaction amount of a transaction associated with one or more items or services to be purchased from the third-party website via funds from the purchasing financial account;

transmit, to the issuer system, the payment information and the retailer data comprising a transaction amount associated with one or more items or services to be purchased from the third-party website;

receive, from the issuer system, an indication that a purchase by a user associated with the non-integrated payment account is eligible for an applicable non-integrated payment option of one or more non-integrated payment options associated with the issuer system, wherein the indication is based at least in part on the retailer data and account data associated with the non-integrated payment account;

generate, for display on a display of the customer device, a selectable option associated with paying the transaction amount via the applicable non-integrated payment option; and

responsive to receiving, from the customer device, an indication of selection of the selectable option:

generate, for display on the display of the customer device, a message indicative of a sufficient balance of funds for payment with the applicable non-integrated payment option and a potential impact on a status associated with the applicable non-integrated payment option; and

transmit, to the issuer system, transaction data comprising information indicative of the purchasing financial account and the applicable non-integrated payment option such that issuer system is enabled to process a payment for purchase of the one or more items or services to be purchased from the third-party website by:

providing a temporary adjustment to the purchasing financial account to offset an amount of funds equal to the transaction amount;

transferring, from the purchasing financial account and to the merchant system, the amount of funds equal to the transaction amount; and

subsequent to transferring the amount of funds to the merchant system:

shifting payment of the amount of funds from an account associated with the applicable non-integrated payment option to the purchasing financial account; and

removing the temporary adjustment from the purchasing financial account.

19. The non-transitory, computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the trigger event comprises at least one of:

selection of an item or service for purchase;

presentation, by the third-party website, of a shopping cart list indicative of one or more items selected for purchase;

presentation, by the third-party website, of one or more integrated payment options; and

receipt of a request for the browser widget to determine whether the purchase by the user associated with the non-integrated payment account is eligible for the applicable non-integrated payment option, the request received from the customer device and indicative of a manual request by the user of the customer device.

20. The non-transitory, computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the browser widget is linked to the non-integrated payment account via a secure channel.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CORRECT SPELLING INVENTORS NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 046952 FRAME: 0776. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 10, 2019
From: UTIS, ANDREY L.
To: CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050702/0426 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2018
From: CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
To: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
Reel/Frame 047154/0246 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2018
From: PINSKI, DAVID; UTIS, AUDREY L.
To: CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046952/0776 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14206305 · Mar 12, 2014
Provisional Application 61778776 · Mar 13, 2013
Related Publication 20190026711A1 · Jan 24, 2019