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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Sachiko Fukushima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2023.01); G06Q 20/10 (2012.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01); G06Q 20/102 (2013.01); G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G06Q 20/4015 (2020.05); G06Q 20/40145 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an electronic payment system which receives a payment request for electronic payment when a user visits a predetermined place to use a series of services, the electronic payment system including at least one processor configured to: determine, depending on the user, which one of real-time payment to be executed for each payment request or lump-sum payment to be collectively executed for a plurality of payment requests is to be executed; and execute one of the real-time payment or the lump-sum payment based on a result of the determination.