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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2015
Square, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Allen Todd, Oakland, CA (US);
Mathew Wilson, Sausalito, CA (US);
Douglas Justin Shearer, Alameda, CA (US);
Square, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Introduced here is a technology for automatic notification of an invoice for a customer based on identification of a customer identifier included in transaction data received from a point-of-sale (POS) system of a particular merchant ('the invoice technology'). The notification can include a promotion to provide an incentive to the customer to pay the invoice. The notification can be presented on a display of the POS system. Alternatively, the notification can be presented in a receipt for the transaction conducted at the POS system, where that receipt can be transmitted for display at a user device of the customer. For example, the receipt can be in the form of an email message or a text message. Upon notification of the invoice, the customer can submit a payment for that invoice ('invoice payment') in exchange for the promotion.