- Patent Title: Payment methods with a payment service and tabs selected by a first party and opened by a second party at an geographic location of the first party's mobile device
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Application No.: US13088038Application Date: 2011-04-15
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Publication No.: US09619797B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Jack Dorsey , William Henderson , Brian Grassadonia , Jim McKelvey
- Applicant: Jack Dorsey , William Henderson , Brian Grassadonia , Jim McKelvey
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: Square, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Square, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Polsinelli PC
- Main IPC: G06F7/08
- IPC: G06F7/08 ; G06K5/00 ; G06Q20/34 ; G06Q20/32 ; G06Q20/40 ; G06Q30/06 ; G06Q40/02 ; G07F7/08

Abstract:
A method of paying a second party is provided. A first party accesses the names of one or more qualified second parties. The qualified second parties are second parties that, (i) have an association with the payment service, and (ii) second parties that if they do not have an established association with the payment service then they have established one prior to payment. The first party has an association with the payment service. A tab is opened by the first party that can be selected by the qualified second party at any geographic location of a first party's mobile device. The qualified second party is only able to charge a first party's financial account when the first party's mobile device is within a defined geographic area. The tab is a relationship between the first party, the payment service and the qualified second party, The qualified second party can engage in a financial transaction with the first party is within the defined geographic area.
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