Patent ID: 8326770

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for sharing an expenditure between members of a social network performed on one or more computing devices, the method comprising: identifying, using the one or more computing devices, a first user and a second user, wherein the first user and the second user are members of the social network, wherein the social network is an association of users that have a relationship that is maintained in a social graph; generating, using the one or more computing devices, a group in the social network that includes the first user and the second user based at least in part on a common feature; identifying, the one or more computing devices, an incurred expense described in a status update associated with the group in the social network; sending, the one or more computing devices, a notification to the second user that includes an amount owed that is at least a portion of the incurred expense; and receiving, using the one or more computing devices, authorization for triggering a payment from the second user, wherein the payment includes transferring currency to a first account associated with the first user from a second account associated with the second user.