Patent ID: 8849703
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for managing online transactions comprising: receiving, by a server, an online order from a customer for an item having a purchase price associated therewith, the item corresponding to an item record for a product offered for sale, the item record including an item identifier and pricing information; evaluating, by the server, eligibility of the item for in-store point of sale (POS) payment by: transmitting, by the server, for display to the customer, payment options including an in-store POS payment option in response to determining the item to be eligible for in-store POS payment; receiving, by the server, acknowledgment of payment at a point of sale (POS) for the online order only if the payment options include the in-store POS payment option; receiving, by the server, a request for a refund for the online order ; evaluating, by the server, refund activity of the customer for abuse; and selecting, by the server, both of a refund method and a POS location according to the evaluating of the refund activity of the customer; determining that the refund activity of the customer indicates abusive activity; and in response to determining that the refund activity of the customer indicates abusive activity, limiting the POS location for payment of a cash refund to stores within a threshold proximity from a store from which the acknowledgment of payment at the POS was received.