Abstract: A computer-implemented communications device in communication with a transaction gateway server during a point of sale transaction. A computation server configured for intercepting a first transaction instantiated by the communications device, the first transaction having a first numerical value; the computation server instead of processing the first transaction processing: a second transaction having a second numerical value greater than the first numerical value, and a third transaction having a third numerical value determined based on a numerical difference between the first numerical value and the second numerical value.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 7, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 31, 2022
Assignee:
Acorns Grow Inc.
Inventors:
Jeffrey Cruttenden, Walter Cruttenden, Jason Martell