ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,088, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to PAYPAL INC. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Shared mobile payments" was invented by Sridhar Sivaraman (Chennai, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for facilitating shared mobile payments. According to an embodiment, a user can initiate a purchase using a mobile device. The mobile device can display a total price for the purchase. The first user can cooperate with one or more second users to share the cost of the purchase. The cooperation can be facilitated via the first and second users' mobile devices."
The patent was filed on April 25, 2023, under Application No. 18/1...