Payment System and Method

摘要

In one embodiment, transferring payment between a first user and a second user of a communication system includes displaying a contact list in a user interface of a client executed at a user terminal of the first user, the contact list including the second user. The client retrieves and displays at least one page from a payment provider responsive to the first user selecting the second user from the contact list. The client transmits, to the payment provider, information related to the payment entered into the page by the first user, which causes the payment provider to transfer the payment from an account of the first user to an account of the second user.

主权项

1. A method of transferring a payment between a first user of a communication system and a second user of the communication system, the method comprising:
causing display of a contact list that includes said second user in a user interface of a client application executed at a user terminal of the first user; retrieving and causing display of at least one page from a payment provider responsive to selection of a payment transfer option in the user interface by the first user; automatically identifying the second user as a recipient of said payment in said at least one page retrieved from the payment provider responsive to the selection of the second user from the contact list; receiving information related to said payment entered into said at least one page by said first user; and transmitting said information related to said payment to said payment provider to cause said payment provider to transmit a message to a user terminal of the second user over the communication system and transfer said payment from an account of the first user to an account of the second user by linking together authorization information of the second user in the communication system with authorization information of the second user in the payment provider.