Patent ID: 9418387
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: enabling, by a buyer/seller platform implemented on a networked computer system, a plurality of merchants to receive electronic payments made by a plurality of customers, the electronic payments associated with sales of goods or services to the plurality of customers, sending a message, by the buyer/seller platform, that causes a first mobile device to present a payroll pay period interface to a first employee of the plurality of employees of the merchant, the payroll pay period interface being able to accept a designation of a payroll pay period capable of being customized by each employee of the plurality of employees, the merchant being a merchant of the plurality of merchants; receiving, by the buyer/seller platform and from the first mobile device, a designation of a first customized payroll pay period made by the first employee; updating, by the buyer/seller platform, a payroll database based on the first customized payroll pay period designation; receiving on a first date, by the buyer/seller platform, from a first point of sale (POS) system of the merchant, first payment card information for a first electronic payment made to the merchant by a first customer; sending a message, by the buyer/seller platform, to trigger a first electronic transfer of a first payroll payment to be sent to the first employee on the first date, sending a message, by the buyer/seller platform, that causes a second mobile device to present a pay period interface to a second employee of the plurality of employees; receiving, by the buyer/seller platform and from the second mobile device, a designation of a second customized payroll pay period made by the second employee; updating, by the buyer/seller platform, the payroll database based on the second customized payroll pay period designation; receiving on a second date, by the buyer/seller platform, from a second POS system of the merchant, second payment card information for a second electronic payment made to the merchant by a second customer; sending a message, by the buyer/seller platform, to trigger a second electronic transfer of a second payroll payment to be sent to the second employee on the second date,