Patent ID: 9407689
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing physical verification for an online check-in process, the method comprising: receiving user check-in information at a merchant terminal, the check-in information provided by a user, the merchant terminal located at a merchant location; receiving, at an automated transaction system remote from the merchant terminal, the user check-in information; requesting permission information via a permission request before transmitting the user check-in information to a social network computer system, the requested permission information being related to check-in information and specific to the social network computer system; receiving permission information to transmit the user check-in information to the social network computer system, the received permission information being related to check-in information and specific to the social network computer system; establishing a computer communication link from the automated transaction system to the social network computer system comprising social network elements through which multiple users are socially connected by the social network computer system to other users to receive the status updates of other users; and transmitting the check-in information from the automated transaction system to the social network computer system, whereby the user's status is automatically updated with at least some of the user-provided check-in information based upon at least some of the received permission information related to check-in information and is provided to multiple users that are socially connected to the user based upon at least some of the received permission information specific to the social network computer system.