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Patent No.:

US 11232421 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2016

Method and system to purchase from posts in social media sues

Applicant:

Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);

Inventors:

Pia Maenpaa, White Plains, NY (US);

Danielle Jean Eininger, New City, NY (US);

Matthew Harris, St. Peters, MO (US);

Heather L. Thomas, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Assignee:

MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, Purchase, NY (US);

Attorney:

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Primary Examiner:

Michael W Schmucker

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 20/42 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06Q 20/34 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/12 (2013.01); G06Q 20/34 (2013.01); G06Q 20/4012 (2013.01); G06Q 20/42 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0617 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0625 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for shopping from a social media site using a direct buy link comprises electronically storing a plurality of account profiles and receiving a data message electronically transmitted via a communication network. The method may query a social media database for an account profile associated with the consumer identifier and the PIN. The method may display a plurality of direct buy links associated with a plurality of products for purchase, wherein at least one of the direct buy links is a modified direct buy link. The method may receive a data message electronically transmitted via the communication network and display the modified direct buy link comprising the personal data corresponding to the product, a purchase data, and payment preference information. The method may transmit confirmation of payment and the modified direct buy link associated with the purchased product to the consumer device.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Maenpaa, Pia. (2022). Method and system to purchase from posts in social media sues (U.S. Patent No. 11232421). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11232421

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