US 11,704,640 B2
Automatic invoice notification
Matthew Allen Todd, Oakland, CA (US); Mathew Wilson, San Francisco, CA (US); and Douglas Justin Shearer, Alameda, CA (US)
Assigned to Block, Inc., Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by Block, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/680,177.
Application 16/680,177 is a continuation of application No. 14/701,402, filed on Apr. 30, 2015, granted, now 10,475,011.
Prior Publication US 2020/0082368 A1, Mar. 12, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 30/04 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 20/14 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06Q 20/202 (2013.01); G06Q 30/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by one or more servers of a payment service and from a first point-of-sale (POS) device associated with a first merchant via a network, an indication of an unpaid invoice for a first transaction conducted at the first POS device between a customer and the first merchant, the unpaid invoice associated with a customer identifier;
storing, by the one or more servers and in a database, the indication of the unpaid invoice;
receiving, by the one or more servers and from a second point-of-sale (POS) device associated with a second merchant different from the first merchant, via the network, transaction data for a second transaction occurring at the second POS device between the customer and the second merchant, the transaction data including the customer identifier, wherein the second merchant is different from the first merchant;
at least partly responsive to receiving the transaction data and based at least in part on the customer identifier, identifying, in the database and by the one or more servers, the unpaid invoice;
generating, by the one or more servers, a customer notification after completion of the second transaction, wherein the customer notification includes an invitation to pay the unpaid invoice;
causing presentation, by the one or more servers, of the customer notification on at least one of a display of the second POS device or a display of a customer device associated with the customer; and
based at least in part on payment of the unpaid invoice, sending, by the one or more servers, a merchant notification to the second merchant that the invoice has been paid.