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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2014
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Venkat Sasank Donavalli, Seattle, WA (US);
Vasanth Narendranath Petlu, Seattle, WA (US);
Harshawardhan Chiplonkar, Issaquah, WA (US);
Jonathan Uy Hatol, Woodinville, WA (US);
Gregory Louis Chappell, Luxembourg, LU;
Robert Serr, Kirkland, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
In some examples, by communicating with a mobile payment service, a user of a mobile device may settle his or her bill with a business using the mobile device. The business may be configured with a beacon to determine when the user's mobile device is near the business and a point-of-sale device to manage user orders and communicate with the mobile payment service. In response to a request by the mobile device, the mobile payment service may debit a user account associated with the mobile device for items purchased at the business. In turn, the mobile payment service may pay the business for the items purchased at the business. In some examples, the bill may be divided among a plurality of users corresponding to a plurality of mobile devices. And, portions of the bill may be provided to individual mobile devices of the plurality of mobile devices.