Patent ID: 8751405
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for refunding an online order comprising: receiving, by a server, the online order from a consumer device of a consumer remote from a payment point of sale (POS) over internet, the online order indicating that the consumer is to pay for the online order at the payment POS; receiving, by the server, notification of payment for the online order from the payment POS; receiving, by the server, a refund trigger for the online order; receiving, by the server, a refund preference; receiving, by the server, a request for refund from a refund POS for refund information for the online order, the refund POS being at a location different from the payment POS and remote from the consumer device; determining, by the server, a distance between the payment POS and the refund POS; determining, by the server, that the distance is greater than a threshold distance; and denying, by the server, the request for refund from the refund POS in response to the determining that the distance is greater than the threshold distance.