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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2020
Block, Inc., Oakland, CA (US);
Kartik S. Lamba, Berkeley, CA (US);
Grace Huey Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mathew Wilson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Block, Inc., Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
In some examples, a buyer in a group may leave an establishment associated with a merchant with an open bill. In response to the buyer leaving the establishment, a transaction associated with that buyer can be completed to pay the buyer's portion of the bill. As one example, a payment service system can receive first beacon information that identifies the presence of a first device at a merchant location. The first device may be associated with a buyer in a group (e.g., a group dining at a restaurant), where the buyer has a transaction record with the merchant. The payment service system can receive second beacon information identifying a second location of the first device that is not associated with the merchant. In response to the first device no longer being present at the merchant location, payment service system can complete the transaction between the buyer and the merchant.