Patent ID: 7596529
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating payment between a buyer and a seller with an online money transfer performed over a wide area network, the method comprising steps of: receiving login information relevant to a vending site, wherein the login information is associated with the seller, wherein the vending site facilitates person-to-person sales, wherein the vending site is one of an auction site or a classified advertising site; in response to receiving the login information, automatically determining listings at the vending site associated with the seller based on the login information, wherein the listings offer goods or services for sale, wherein the listings are one of auctions, electronic advertisements, or classified advertisements; generating a plurality of snippets of HTML code for the listings, wherein each snippet includes a link, wherein the snippets include information about the listing; automatically inserting one of the plurality of snippets into each of the listings; determining the listing has changed; in response to determining the listing has changed, changing a graphic indicated by the snippet to alert the buyer that payment can be made; and in response to changing the graphic, providing a link in the snippet with the changed graphic, wherein activating the link points a web browser to a payment enabler that can transfer money from the buyer to the seller, wherein the vending site is separate from the payment enabler.