Patent ID: 9317876
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving, from a customer by a merchant, a card for payment from an account associated with the card of a certain amount owed; (b) electronically communicating, by the merchant for receipt by a card issuer for authorization to charge to the account associated with the card the certain amount owed, (c) electronically receiving, by the merchant in response to the electronic communication to the card issuer, (i) authorization to charge the certain amount owed to the account associated with the card and (ii) data that is indicative of a gratuity to be charged to the account associated with the card; (d) printing, by the merchant, a document that includes both (i) the certain amount owed and (ii) the gratuity as indicated by the data received by the merchant from the card issuer; and (e) presenting, by the merchant to the customer, the printed document for signature by the customer.