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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 02, 2011
Applicants:

Rajesh Shanker Patel, Bellevue, WA (US);

Bryan C. Castillo, Brier, WA (US);

David M. Packard, Kent, WA (US);

Arun Antony Mathews, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Rajesh Shanker Patel, Bellevue, WA (US);

Bryan C. Castillo, Brier, WA (US);

David M. Packard, Kent, WA (US);

Arun Antony Mathews, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 20/28 (2012.01); G06Q 20/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/40 (2013.01); G06Q 20/405 (2013.01); G06Q 20/10 (2013.01); G06Q 20/204 (2013.01); G06Q 20/28 (2013.01); G06Q 20/38 (2013.01); G06Q 20/401 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0222 (2013.01); G06Q 40/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments may include a payment management system that receives information indicating a first transaction is to be initiated, the information specifying a first quantity of funds. The system may determine that an additional transaction for a respective quantity of funds is expected to be initiated within a given time period. The system may, prior to initiation of the additional transaction, generate a payment authorization request for a combined quantity of funds equal to at least a sum of the first quantity of funds and the respective quantity of funds of the additional transaction. The system may, subsequent to receiving information indicating that a payment authorization for the combined quantity of funds was issued and subsequent to receiving information indicating that the additional transaction is to be initiated, initiate settlement of the first transaction and the at least one additional transaction using the combined quantity of funds of the payment authorization.


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