US 10643266

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Patent Analysis: US 10,643,266

Date of Analysis: May 5, 2026

Patent Number: 10,643,266 B2

Title: System and method for in-app payments

Assignee: Monticello Enterprises LLC

Inventors: Thomas M. Isaacson, Ryan Connell Durham

Filing Date: February 19, 2019

Issue Date: May 5, 2020

Abstract:
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for providing a software module on a device that simplifies online and in-app payments. This is achieved by eliminating the need for users to manually enter payment or address information on various websites or within applications. The technology facilitates a "one-click" purchasing experience across different platforms by utilizing a browser or software module to store and securely transmit user data.

Plain-Language Summary of Independent Claims:

This patent includes several independent claims, which are the broadest statements of the invention. The core concepts of these claims are summarized below:

• Claim 1: This claim describes a method for a unified shopping experience. A user can browse a product on a first website and, even without purchasing it, the product information is stored. Later, when the user is on a second, different website and initiates a purchase for another product, the system presents an interface that includes both the new product and the previously viewed product from the first website. This allows the user to purchase both items from different merchants in a single, streamlined transaction. The browser facilitates the communication of payment and shipping information to both websites to complete the separate purchases.

• Claim 11: This claim focuses on the perspective of the first merchant's website in the unified shopping cart scenario. It outlines a method where the first website sends information about a product viewed by a user to the user's browser. Even though the user doesn't buy the product at that time, the browser stores this information. Later, when the user is on a second website and decides to buy another item, the first website can receive a request to process the purchase of its product as part of that same transaction. The browser provides the necessary payment and shipping details to the first website to finalize the sale.

• Claim 14: This claim describes the system that enables the methods in the previous claims. It details a computer-readable medium with instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform the steps of the unified shopping cart process. This includes receiving and storing information about a product from a first website, and then, during a purchase on a second website, presenting the option to also buy the first product and processing both purchases together by communicating the necessary information to both websites.

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