Patent ID: 11915240
Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
causing a buy button to be made accessible in a user interface of a user device of a user when the user interface displays a website of a merchant;
detecting a selection, via the user interface, of the buy button displayed on the website of the merchant;
determining that the selection of the buy button corresponds to a purchase request to purchase an item from the website of the merchant;
locating an account associated with the user of the user device;
transmitting an authentication request to the user device;
transforming, in response to a user interaction of the buy button, the buy button at least in part by including a text entry field in the buy button, wherein a rest of the user interface remains unchanged while the buy button is transformed;
receiving user authentication credentials received at least in part through the text entry field, the user authentication credentials including a user PIN or a password but not billing information; and
processing the purchase request based on the user authentication credentials while the user interface continues to display at least a portion of the website.