Granted Patent B2

US 12,626,295 · App. 18/786,929 · Granted May 12, 2026

Inventors: Hyunju Lee (Singapore, SG); Joel P. Yarbrough (Oakland, CA); Francisco Vittorio Octavio Joachin D. Barretto (Singapore, SG); Gokul G Narayana Pillai (Chennai, IN)

Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.

G06Q30/0633

Abstract

Claims (52)

1 . A method comprising:

receiving a first voice command indicating a search request for an item by a user;

determining information associated with the item being available for a purchase from a first merchant based on the search request and a user parameter of the user, wherein the user parameter indicates the first merchant of the user from a plurality of merchants available to the user;

providing the information in an application on a device of the user;

receiving a second voice command indicating an additional parameter of the item that is selected by the user and a payment instrument usable for purchasing the item;

determining whether the item is available from the first merchant based on the additional parameter indicated by the second voice command;

updating the information in the application based on whether the item is available from the first merchant or a second merchant of the plurality of merchants;

generating a transaction request for the purchase of the item based on the updated information and the payment instrument; and

processing the transaction request via the application on the device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing the information includes displaying content from the first merchant in the application for the purchase of the item from the first merchant.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the updating the information includes changing the content displayed in the application based on whether the item is available from the first merchant or the second merchant, wherein the changed content includes one of the purchase of the item from the first merchant based on the additional parameter or an offer for another purchase of the item from the second merchant in accordance with the user parameter and the additional parameter.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the application comprises a voice assistant application that analyzes the first voice command for the search request and the second voice command for the additional parameter and the payment instrument, and wherein the providing and the updating the information are performed using audio alerts to the user via the voice assistant application.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

providing an additional audio alert that notifies the user of the purchase of the item.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the additional parameter comprises a refinement of the search request based on an item parameter specified by the user using the second voice command.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, prior to the processing the transaction request, the method further comprises:

requesting a confirmation of the transaction request to complete the purchase of the item via an audio alert.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, prior to the determining the information, the method further comprises:

automatically retrieving the user parameter from another application or a component on the device by the application in response to the search request.

9 . A method comprising:

detecting a search for an item via an application on a device of a user, wherein the search includes a first parameter for a purchase of the item;

executing the search for information associated with the item available for the purchase from a plurality of merchants based on the search and the first parameter;

providing the information and an indication of at least one of the plurality of merchants in the application based at least on the first parameter;

receiving a first voice command at the device that indicates a second parameter that refines the search for the item and a selected payment instrument for the purchase of the item;

determining the second parameter and the selected payment instrument using at least a voice recognition operation of the device and based on the first voice command;

determining whether the item is available from each of the plurality of merchants based on the second parameter in the first voice command;

updating the information based on whether the item is available from the at least one of the plurality of merchants, wherein the updated information enables the purchase of the item from one of the plurality of merchants;

receiving a second voice command authorizing the purchase of the item; and

processing the purchase of the item from the one of the plurality of merchants using the selected payment instrument and the updated information.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the providing the information includes displaying content from the at least one of the plurality of merchants in the application for the purchase of the item from the at least one of the plurality of merchants.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the updating the information includes changing the content displayed in the application based on whether the item is available from each of the plurality of merchants, and wherein the changed content comprises at least one of alternative prices or alternative availabilities of the item from the plurality of merchants.

12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the application comprises a voice assistant application that analyzes the first voice command and the second voice command, and wherein the voice assistant application provides audio alerts to the user for the providing the information and the updating the information.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

providing an additional audio alert that notifies the user of the purchase of the item.

14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the second parameter comprises a specification of at least one of a time or a location for one of a pickup of the item or an event accessible using the purchase of the item.

15 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the first parameter is detected from the device of the user.

16 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the first parameter comprises a location of the user, and wherein the search is detected prior to the user is located at the location and updated when the user is located at the location.

17 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

determining information associated with an item being available for a purchase from a first merchant based on a first voice command of a user and a user parameter of the user, wherein the user parameter indicates the first merchant of the user from a plurality of merchants available to the user;

causing the information to be displayed in an application on a device of the user;

receiving a second voice command from the user via the application, wherein the second voice command indicates an item parameter of the item for the purchase of the item and a payment instrument;

determining a second merchant having the item available for the purchase based on the user parameter and the item parameter indicated by the second voice command;

updating the information displayed in the application based on the second merchant;

processing the purchase of the item with the second merchant based on a confirmation received via the application.

18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein, prior to the processing the purchase, the operations further comprise:

receiving the confirmation via the application based on a third voice command by the user;

generating a transaction request for the purchase of the item from the second merchant based on the updated information and the payment instrument; and

processing the transaction request with the second merchant.

19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a receipt for the purchase of the item from the second merchant based on the processing the transaction request; and

causing the receipt to be displayed in the application on the device.

20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the item comprises an event or a service for a specified time associated with the item parameter, and wherein the causing the receipt to be displayed includes providing further information usable to access the event or the service at the specified time.

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