Patent ID: 9129339
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a transaction request from a user of a social networking system to initiate a transaction to purchase an item for use in an application interfacing with the social networking system; obtaining transaction information for the user from the social networking system, the transaction information comprising purchase data for application-related digital items purchased by the user from a plurality of applications interfacing with the social networking system, each digital item being specific to an application from the plurality of applications and related to a feature or item in the application; determining the user's experience with digital item transactions based on the obtained transaction information for the user from a set of applications from the plurality of applications; determining, by a computer processor, a transaction flow from a plurality of different transaction flows comprising differing interactions requesting user input to complete the transaction, the determined transaction flow based on the user's experience with digital item transactions; and communicating with the social networking system to conduct the transaction using the determined transaction flow.