Patent ID: 8190526

Claim:
A method performed with a computing system, the method comprising: obtaining, by a processing device, at least a first mode ranking and a second mode ranking responsive to one or more categorical attributes of a first item and to one or more payment mode use constraints; transmitting, by a transmitter, an indication of a first payment mode responsive to at least the first mode ranking or the second mode ranking; wherein the transmitter and the processing device are each non-transitory and at least partly implemented in hardware; wherein: the obtaining, by a processing device, at least a first mode ranking and a second mode ranking responsive to one or more categorical attributes of a first item and to one or more payment mode use constraints and the transmitting, by a transmitter, an indication of a first payment mode responsive to at least the first mode ranking or the second mode ranking comprise: obtaining, by the processing device, at least a first mode ranking and a second mode ranking responsive to one or more categorical attributes of a first item and to one or more payment mode use constraints; associating a common control with a payment indication of the first item to a first payee by the first payment mode and with a payment indication of a second item to a second payee by a second payment mode; transmitting, with a transmitter, a common image that includes the common control and that indicates the first item, the second item, the first payment mode, and the second payment mode; displaying the common image; and detecting a user actuation of the common control.