Block, Inc. (20250124423). SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING GRATUITIES TO MERCHANTS
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING GRATUITIES TO MERCHANTS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Shahrouz Tavakoli of San Jose CA US
Nathan Spindel of San Francisco CA US
William Henderson of San Francisco CA US
Alan Fineberg of San Francisco CA US
Nefaur Khandker of San Francisco CA US
Christopher Clark of San Francisco CA US
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING GRATUITIES TO MERCHANTS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250124423 titled 'SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING GRATUITIES TO MERCHANTS
Original Abstract Submitted
an e-commerce platform is provided to detect a geographical proximity of a first mobile device of a user to a second mobile device of a service provider; receive a request to process a cardless payment transaction; determine one of an automatic tipping process whereby a first tip amount is automatically determined by the platform to be added to a transaction amount, or a manual tipping process whereby a second tip amount to be added to the transaction amount is provided via the first mobile device; apply one of the first tip amount or the second tip amount to the transaction; delay processing of the transaction until the first tip amount is applied, or until one of an expiration of a threshold timing or the second tip amount is received; and process the transaction using the transaction amount and one of the first tip amount or the second tip amount.