Patent ID: 8326769

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for sharing expenses between members of a social network, the method comprising: identifying, with one or more computing devices, a first user and a second user; generating, with the one or more computing devices, a group on the social network that includes the first user and the second user based at least in part on the first and second users being associated with an activity related to an expense, wherein the social network is an association of users that have a relationship that is maintained in a social graph; receiving from the first user the expense associated with the group on the social network; generating, with the one or more computing devices, an invoice for paying at least a portion of the expense; sending, with the one or more computing devices, a notification to the second user that includes the invoice; receiving, with the one or more computing devices, authorization from the second user for triggering a payment of the invoice through the social network; and processing the payment.