Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110276414 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PAYING DIRECTLY AT BILLER WEBSITES FROM WITHIN A BILL PAY WEBSITE - A method and a system for performing an online payment related activity using a browser application. The browser application interfaces a bill pay website with one or more biller websites to which the online payment needs to be made. When a user logs-in to the bill pay website, the browser application is activated. The user then selects a biller from a list of billers pre-stored at the bill pay website. The browser application automatically navigates the user to a biller website of the selected biller, while concurrently maintaining a communication link to the bill pay website. The browser application then enters payment information on the one or more payment related web pages displayed at the biller website. After the online payment related activity is completed, and the user is navigated back to the bill pay website without the need for a user input. | 11-10-2011 |
20120078755 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING USERS DURING ONLINE SHOPPING - A method, system, and computer program product for assisting a user in one or more activities during online shopping. The method facilitates tracking of at least one activity of the user during online shopping. Thereafter, the method identifies a suitable promotion for the user based on the tracked activity. Subsequently, the method displays the promotion in a predefined format on a portion of the browser. | 03-29-2012 |
20120226535 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PAYING WITH LOYALTY CURRENCY DURING ONLINE PAYMENT - Methods and systems for paying with loyalty currency at a merchant website by a user using a browser app are provided. The user is presented with the loyalty currency balance information based on the loyalty currency units available in the loyalty currency account. Thereafter, the user is presented with an option to pay for the purchase transaction using the loyalty currency. The user may select the option of paying for the purchase transaction using the loyalty currency, thereby redeeming the loyalty points. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226537 | Methods and Systems for Paying With Loyalty Currency during In-Store Shopping - Methods and systems for paying with loyalty currency at a store merchant by a user using a mobile app are provided. The user is presented with the loyalty currency balance information and one or more store merchants located in proximity of the user. The user may select a store merchant from the one or more store merchants. Thereafter, user is presented with one or more transaction rules associated with the selected store and an activation button for activating pay with points. The user may opt for activating pay with points for upcoming purchase transaction at the selected store based on the one or more transaction rules, thereby redeeming the loyalty currency. | 09-06-2012 |
20120246073 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING TRANSACTION INSTRUCTIONS FROM A REMOTE REPOSITORY TO A MERCHANT WEBSITE USING A TRANSACTION AGENT - Systems and methods for transferring transaction instructions from a remote repository to a participating merchant website using a transaction agent are provided. A user is provided an option of checking out of a merchant website by using a transaction assistant option that requires the user to be authenticated with an activity server. Subsequent to successful authentication, the pre-stored transactional instructions such as user payment method details, the shipping information, and the like are accessed from a payment store and transferred to the transaction terminal at the merchant website for completion of the transaction. | 09-27-2012 |
20120290938 | Systems and Methods for Context Aware Interaction Across Websites and Apps - A system for context aware interaction across websites and apps is disclosed, including a context runtime engine configured to track online activity of a user across web pages, browser tabs, browsers, social networking apps, mobile apps and the like. The system includes a state machine module configured to track a context of user actions across web pages, browser tabs, browsers, social networking apps, mobile apps and the like. The system further includes an active context platform configured to interact with the context runtime engine and a plurality of databases to store information pertaining to the context of the user. A method for context aware interaction across websites and apps is also disclosed. | 11-15-2012 |
20140058821 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PAYING WITH LOYALTY CURRENCY DURING ONLINE PAYMENT - Methods and systems for paying with loyalty currency at a merchant website by a user using a browser app are provided. The user is presented with the loyalty currency balance information based on the loyalty currency units available in the loyalty currency account. Thereafter, the user is presented with an option to pay for the purchase transaction using the loyalty currency. The user may select the option of paying for the purchase transaction using the loyalty currency, thereby redeeming the loyalty points. | 02-27-2014 |
20140279274 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING WEB-BASED PURCHASES - A method implementable on a transaction server for facilitating a web-based purchase without a user visiting one or more merchant websites or without one or more merchants requiring to change anything on their websites is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request from a user via a marketplace server to make a purchase for at least one item at the one or more merchants. At least a portion of user data associated with the user is transmitted to the one or more merchants for a checkout processing of the request. One or more status messages pertaining to the checkout processing of the request are displayed to the user along with one or more review order messages for confirmation. Lastly, method includes applying the web-based purchase for the at least one item at the one or more merchants based on the confirmation to proceed with the purchase. | 09-18-2014 |