Patent ID: 7953654
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: presenting, by a social networking service to a purchaser, at least one website page including a profile of a selected member of the social networking service, the profile including one or more merchant credit services for prepaid merchant account credit, the social networking service providing at least one website in which a plurality of users interact with profiles of members of the social networking service via a graphical user interface, at least some of the users being members of the social networking service, the profiles being generated by each of the respective members, the at least one website page including a graphical user interface element associated with each of the one or more merchant credit services, the purchaser being different than the selected member, the at least one website page providing at least one graphical user interface element allowing the purchaser to add or modify content displayed on the at least one website page; receiving, by the social networking service from the purchaser via the graphical user interface, a selection of one of the graphical user interface elements associated with a corresponding merchant credit service; associating, by the social networking service, the selected member having the presented profile with a member phone number using the profile of the member; and causing, by the social networking service, a message to be sent to the mobile phone number, the message characterizing provision of the first credit service to the selected member.