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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
Groupon, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Ulf Schwekendiek, San Francisco, CA (US);
Groupon, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and related methods facilitating interactions between a merchant device, a central system and a consumer device are discussed herein. A system that may be implemented to provide a master merchant having a merchant device with a POS system configured to generate a bill for products, experiences, or services provided, a way to link or associate one or more accounts, such as contractor accounts to their master merchant account or merchant device, and transfer a portion of the payment to the linked accounts. In addition, some embodiments of the system may provide for receiving selection of, for each product, service or experience provided, a contractor account from a list of one or more approved contractor accounts linked to the master merchant account. Further embodiments may provide for receiving a payment or payment information for a charge amount, the charge amount comprised of costs associated with the products, services and experiences, as well as adjustments for redeemed instruments, taxes, tip or the like.