US-20260129252-A1 - INTEGRATION OF PLATFORMS FOR MULTI-PLATFORM CONTENT ACCESS

Abstract

Techniques described herein are directed to integration of platforms for multi-platform content access. In an example, a user may request access to access-restricted content. A payment application on the user device that requested access may communicate with an associated payment service to automatically pay for the access without requiring additional user input, or may request the user to confirm that the payment is desired. This may be performed across content provider platforms and in a way that allows subsequent access to the content regardless of the platform used to request the content.

Inventors

• Alvin Leung
• Michael Druker
• Christopher Hua

Assignees

• BLOCK, INC.

Dates

Publication Date

20260507

Application Date

20260105

Claims (1)

1. 1 . A method, implemented via one or more computing devices of a payment service, comprising: storing, in a database associated with the payment service, a user preference to utilize funds associated with a stored balance of a user account for accessing access-restricted content having a particular characteristic without a user associated with the user account providing payment information at a time of a request to access the access-restricted content; receiving, from a content provider, an indication of a request to access a content item associated with the content provider, wherein the content item is access-restricted by the content provider, and wherein: the request to access the content item is received via an application executing in the foreground of a user device of the user; and a payment application, associated with the payment service, is executing in the background of the user device; in response to receiving the indication of the request to access the content item and based at least in part on a determination that the content item is associated with the particular characteristic, withdrawing at least a portion of the funds from the stored balance of the user account without requiring additional input from the user; and based at least in part on withdrawing at least the portion of the funds, enabling access to the content item via the content provider.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation application of, and claims priority to, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/564,702, filed on Dec. 29, 2021, entitled “INTEGRATION OF PLATFORMS FOR MULTI-PLATFORM CONTENT ACCESS”, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD Content providers have found multiple ways to offer content on computing devices. The number and type of content providers has also increased. Access to content from the content providers may vary. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Features of the present disclosure, its nature and various advantages, will be more apparent upon consideration of the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The detailed description is set forth below with reference to the accompanying figures. In the figures, the left-most digit(s) of a reference number identifies the figure in which the reference number first appears. The use of the same reference numbers in different figures indicates similar or identical items. The systems depicted in the accompanying figures are not to scale and components within the figures may be depicted not to scale with each other. FIG. 1 is an example environment for integration of platforms for multi-platform content access, according to an embodiment described herein. FIG. 2 is an example conceptual diagram showing components of a system utilized for integration of platforms for multi-platform content access, according to an embodiment described herein. FIG. 3 is an example conceptual diagram showing components of a system utilized for establishing access to content that has been previously enabled, according to an embodiment described herein. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing an example process for integration of platforms for multi-platform content access, specifically where a user preference indicates that content access should be performed automatically and without user input, according to an embodiment described herein. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing an example process for integration of platforms for multi-platform content access, specifically where a user preference indicates that content access should be performed after receiving user confirmation, according to an embodiment described herein. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing an example process for integration of platforms for multi-platform content access, specifically where user preferences on content access have not been set up or otherwise indicate that user interaction is required, according to an embodiment described herein. FIG. 7 is a flow diagram of an example process for providing subsequent access to content that has been previously enabled pursuant to the present disclosure, according to an embodiment described herein. FIG. 8 is an example user interface displayed on an example user device, where the user interface is configured to surface content in association with a payment application, according to an embodiment described herein. FIG. 9 is an example user interface displayed on an example user device, where the user interface is configured to manage preferences for content access in association with a payment application, according to an embodiment described herein. FIG. 10 is a flow diagram of an example process for training and utilizing machine learning models in association with integration of platforms for multi-platform content access, according to an embodiment described herein. FIG. 11 is a flow diagram of an example process for generating one or more recommendations associated with content access across platforms, according to an embodiment described herein. FIG. 12 is an example environment with user devices, merchant devices, a payment service, and/or other systems that may be involved in a transaction, such as by utilizing the payment application as configured herein, according to an embodiment described herein. FIG. 13 is an example environment illustrating usage of the payment application, such as described herein, according to an embodiment described herein. FIG. 14 is an example of data store(s) that can be associated with servers of the payment service, according to an embodiment described herein. FIG. 15 is an example environment wherein the payment service environment of FIG. 12 and the environment from FIG. 13 can be integrated to enable payments at the point-of-sale using assets associated with user accounts in the peer-to-peer environment of FIG. 13, according to an embodiment described herein. FIG. 16 is an illustrative block diagram illustrating a system for performing techniques described herein, according to an embodiment described herein. FIG. 17 is a flow diagram of an example process for enabling access to access-restricted digital content, according to an embodiment described herein. DETAILED DESCRIPTION Techniques described herein are directed to, among other things, the generation and use of a system that integrat