Patent ID: 9530155
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method facilitating the automatic addition, in a financial transaction processing network, of a gratuity to an amount of an electronic financial transaction, comprising the steps of: (a) maintaining, in a computer database, (b) following presentation of a first bill to a patron, and subsequent presentation of the payment object, (c) following presentation of a second bill to a patron, and subsequent presentation of the payment object, (d) wherein the first certain amount and the second certain amount are not the same amount; (e) wherein the first certain amount owed is an amount determined by the first party prior to presentation of the payment object to the first party for payment of the first certain amount owed, the first certain amount owed having been presented in the first bill for services or items ordered from the first party; (f) wherein the second certain amount owed is determined by the second party prior to presentation of the payment object to the second party for payment of the second certain amount owed, the second certain amount owed having been presented in the second bill for services or items ordered from the second party; (g) wherein the data indicative of a gratuity that is electronically communicated for receipt by the first POS terminal is communicated for confirmation of the gratuity amount by a person associated with the account; and (h) wherein the data indicative of a gratuity that is electronically communicated for receipt by the second POS terminal is communicated for confirmation of the gratuity amount by a person associated with the account.