Granted Patent B2

US 12,361,405 · App. 17/991,564 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Inventors: Rob von Behren (Berkeley, CA); Jonathan Wall (San Francisco, CA)

Assignee: GOOGLE LLC

G06Q20/367G06Q20/047G06Q20/10G06Q20/105G06Q20/209G06Q20/322G06Q20/363G06Q2220/12

Abstract

Claims (68)

1. A computer-implemented method for processing online transactions, comprising:

establishing, by a user computing device, a secure network connection between a digital wallet of a user computing device and a merchant website after the digital wallet authenticates the merchant website, the merchant website including embedded computer-readable instructions for interacting with the digital wallet of the user computing device;

receiving, by the digital wallet of the user computing device from the merchant website, a request for payment information to complete a transaction;

in response to receiving the request:

retrieving, by the digital wallet of the user computing device, the payment information from a storage location on the user computing device;

displaying, by the digital wallet of the user computing device while the user computing device remains navigated to the merchant website, a request for a user to authorize the transaction using the payment information; and

transmitting, by the digital wallet of the user computing device, the payment information to the merchant website.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, by a web browser application of the user computing device, the merchant website including computer-readable instructions for interacting with the digital wallet of the user computing device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein:

displaying, by the web browser application of the user computing device, the merchant website includes displaying a first user interface depicting the merchant website; and

displaying, by the digital wallet of the user computing device while the user computing device remains navigated to the merchant website, the request for the user to authorize the transaction using the payment information includes displaying a second user interface including the request for the user to authorize the transaction using the payment information.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 ,

wherein:

the computer-readable instructions are for interacting with the digital wallet of the user computing device using a defined messaging protocol including encoded messaging.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 ,

further comprising:

determining, by the digital wallet of the user computing device, that the merchant website is authentic prior to establishing the secure network connection.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing, by the digital wallet of the user computing device, known merchant data;

receiving, by the digital wallet of the user computing device, merchant website data; and

comparing, by the digital wallet of the user computing device, the merchant website to the known merchant data.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the digital wallet is embedded in a web browser application on the user computing device.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the request for payment information comprises information associated with an online payment transaction, and wherein the digital wallet saves at least a portion of the information associated with the online payment transaction.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

reading, by one or more computing devices operated by a merchant computing system, the user computing device in response to receiving an indication to complete an online transaction between a user and a merchant via the merchant website displayed by a web browser application on the user computing device;

determining, by the one or more computing devices operated by the merchant computing system, that the digital wallet is embedded in the web browser application on the user computing device; and

authorizing, by the one or more computing devices operated by the merchant computing system, submission of the request for payment information to complete the transaction to the digital wallet of the user computing device.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , further comprising:

when there is a secure connection between the merchant website and the digital wallet of the user computing device, submitting, by the one or more computing devices operated by the merchant computing system and to the digital wallet of the user computing device, the request for payment information to complete the online transaction while the web browser application remains navigated to the merchant website, the request for payment information originating from the merchant website;

receiving, by the one or more computing devices operated by the merchant computing system and from the digital wallet of the user computing device, payment information while the web browser application remains navigated to the merchant website;

submitting, by the one or more computing devices operated by the merchant computing system, a payment authorization request to a financial institution to fund the online transaction, wherein the financial institution corresponds to the payment information received from the digital wallet of the user computing device; and

receiving, by the one or more computing devices operated by the merchant computing system and from the financial institution, a payment authorization for the payment authorization request authorizing payment in accordance with the payment information.

11. A computing system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or non-transitory computer readable media that collectively store instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

establishing, by a user computing device, a secure network connection between a digital wallet of a user computing device and a merchant website after the digital wallet authenticates the merchant website, the merchant website including embedded computer-readable instructions for interacting with the digital wallet of the user computing device;

receiving, by the digital wallet of the user computing device from the merchant website, a request for payment information to complete a transaction;

in response to receiving the request:

retrieving, by the digital wallet of the user computing device, the payment information from a storage location on the user computing device;

displaying, by the digital wallet of the user computing device while the user computing device remains navigated to the merchant website, a request for a user to authorize the transaction using the payment information; and

transmitting, by the digital wallet of the user computing device, the payment information to the merchant website.

12. The computing system of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:

displaying, by a web browser application of the user computing device, the merchant website including computer-readable instructions for interacting with the digital wallet of the user computing device.

13. The computing system of claim 12 , wherein:

displaying, by the web browser application of the user computing device, the merchant website includes displaying a first user interface depicting the merchant website;

displaying, by the digital wallet of the user computing device while the user computing device remains navigated to the merchant website, the request for the user to authorize the transaction using the payment information includes displaying a second user interface including the request for the user to authorize the transaction using the payment information.

14. The computing system of claim 12 , wherein:

the computer-readable instructions are for interacting with the digital wallet of the user computing device using a defined messaging protocol including encoded messaging.

15. The computing system of claim 11 , further

comprising:

determining, by the digital wallet on the user computing device, that the merchant website is authentic prior to establishing the secure network connection.

16. One or more non-transitory computer readable media that collectively store instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

establishing, by a user computing device, a secure network connection between a digital wallet of a user computing device and a merchant website after the digital wallet authenticates the merchant website, the merchant website including embedded computer-readable instructions for interacting with the digital wallet of the user computing device;

receiving, by the digital wallet of the user computing device from the merchant website, a request for payment information to complete a transaction;

in response to receiving the request:

retrieving, by the digital wallet of the user computing device, the payment information from a storage location on the user computing device;

displaying, by the digital wallet of the user computing device while the user computing device remains navigated to the merchant website, a request for the user to authorize the transaction using the payment information; and

transmitting, by the digital wallet of the user computing device, the payment information to the merchant website.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:

displaying, by a web browser application of the user computing device, the merchant website including computer-readable instructions for interacting with the digital wallet of the user computing device.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 17 , wherein:

displaying, by the web browser application of the user computing device, the merchant website includes displaying a first user interface depicting the merchant website;

displaying, by the digital wallet of the user computing device while the user computing device remains navigated to the merchant website, the request for the user to authorize the transaction using the payment information includes displaying a second user interface including the request for the user to authorize the transaction using the payment information.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 17 , wherein:

the computer-readable instructions are for interacting with the digital wallet of the user computing device using a defined messaging protocol including encoded messaging.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:

determining, by the digital wallet on the user computing device, that the merchant website is authentic prior to establishing the secure network connection.

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