Opentable, Inc.

Dave Arthurs

Abhay Kumar

Rishi Deshpande

Tapan Pandita

Ulhas Mandrawadkar

Keshav Krity

Rohan Angrish

Kashyap Deorah

Sanjay Dalsania

Techniques for mobile payments integrated with a booking system are described. In an embodiment, a method includes: receiving a request from a computing device of a user to pay a ticket open at a merchant point-of-sale computer, obtaining a current total ticket amount for the ticket from the merchant point-of-sale computer, determining an estimated total ticket amount based at least in part on the current total ticket amount, authorizing but not capturing payment of the estimated total ticket amount with a payment network gateway computer, after the ticket is closed at the merchant point-of-sale computer, obtaining a final total ticket amount for the ticket from the merchant point-of-sale computer, and capturing payment of the final total ticket amount with the payment network gateway computer.

Mobile payments integrated with a booking system

Mobile payments integrated with a booking system. In one embodiment, for example, a method in a service provider computer system is performed. The service provider computer system is communicatively coupled to a computing device of a user and a merchant point-of-sale computer by one or more data networks. The method comprises: receiving a request from the computing device of the user to pay a ticket open at the merchant point-of-sale computer; obtaining a current total ticket amount for the ticket from the merchant point-of-sale computer; determining an estimated total ticket amount based at least in part on the current total ticket amount; authorizing but not capturing payment of the estimated total ticket amount with a payment network gateway computer; after the ticket is closed at the merchant point-of-sale computer, obtaining a final total ticket amount for the ticket from the merchant point-of-sale computer; and capturing payment of the final total ticket amount with the payment network gateway computer.

A point-of-sale system with a mobile payment feature includes an electronic display, one or more processors, and storage media storing a payment plugin to the point-of-sale system. The payment plugin sends ticket data representing a guest ticket over one or more data networks to an online service provider computer system; receives instruction from the service provider computer system to mark the guest ticket as designated for mobile payment; and causes user interface feedback on the electronic display that the guest ticket is to be paid via mobile payment. By doing so, the merchant is informed through their point-of-sale system that payment of the guest ticket will be facilitated by the online service provider. This alleviates the merchant from collecting payment from the guest before the guest leaves the merchant's premises and allows the guest to leave the premises as soon as the guest ticket is ready for mobile payment.

Point-of-sale system and method with mobile payment feature

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Dave Arthurs