Mobile commerce receipt system

• US 20030110138A1
• Filed: 11/08/2002
• Published: 06/12/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Van Do, Thanh, Brandrud, Knut
• Granted Patent: US 7,685,020 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/75
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/02 involving a neutral party, e.g. certification authority, notary or trusted third party [TTP]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/04 Payment circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/045 using payment protocols involving tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/047 using payment protocols involving electronic receipts
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/32 using wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/325 using wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/401 Transaction verification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

A mobile commerce receipt system and method providing a user of a mobile telecommunications terminal with a reliable electronic proof of reservation, purchase and/or payment made. By e-commerce means, the user places an order with a vendor or merchant and makes electronic payment. The vendor issues an electronic contract, sending the contract to a Trusted Third Party (TTP) receipt server. The TTP validates the contract, generates an electronic, digital receipt which is to sent the vendor. The vendor sends the receipt to the mobile terminal of the user, the mobile terminal storing the receipt for subsequent presentation at the point of delivery of the ordered goods or services.

Claims

1. A method of providing a mobile telecommunication terminal (MTT) of a customer entity (CE) with a reliable simpler electronic proof of a reservation, purchase and/or payment being made by the CE by means of an e-commerce arrangement, including the steps of:

making, by the CE, an electronic reservation, a purchase and/or a payment with a merchant entity (ME), said electronic reservation, purchase and/or payment specifying a goods or service,

generating, in the ME, a transaction record (TR) on basis of the reservation, purchase and/or payment, and, on basis of the TR, an electronic contract (EC) including an identity (ID) of the ME, and an EC identifier not containing any information about the reservation, purchase and/or payment,

characterised in the the further steps of;

transferring a copy of the EC from the ME to a trusted third party entity (TTPE),

generating, in the TTPE, a verified EC (VEC) on basis of a verification of the ID of the ME included in the EC, and a simpler electronic receipt (SER) on basis of the VEC,

transferring a copy of the SER from the TTPE to the ME, and

transferring a copy of the SER from the ME to the MTT,

and that the SER comprises the EC identifier, a TTPE identifier and a TTPE access address.

2. The method of claim 1, characterised in the further steps of:

presenting the SER to a delivery entity (DE) by transferring a copy of the SER from the MTT to the DE,

transferring a copy of the SER from the DE to the TTPE,

generating, in the TTPE, a validated SER (VSER) on basis of a transaction record (TR) of a corresponding reservation, purchase and/or payment, and a validated and verified specification of a goods or service on basis of the VSER and the TR, and

transferring the validated and verified specification of a goods or service from the TTPE to the DE.

3. The method of claim 1, characterised in the further steps of:

a1) at the time of making the goods and/or service reservation, purchase and/or payment;

making, by the CE, a goods or service specifying electronic reservation, purchase and/or payment with a merchant entity (ME),

generating, in the ME, a transaction record (TR) on basis of the reservation, purchase and/or payment, and, on basis of the TR, an electronic receipt contract (EC) including an identity (ID) of the ME;

b1) at the time of claiming the goods and/or service reserved, purchased and/or paid;

presenting the SER to a delivery entity (DE) by transferring a copy of the SER from the MTT to the DE,

characterised in;

a2) at the time of making the goods and/or service reservation, purchase and/or payment;

transferring a copy of the EC from the ME to a trusted third party entity (TTPE),

generating, in the TTPE, a verified EC (VEC) on basis of a verification of the ID of the ME included in the EC, and a simpler electronic receipt (SER) on basis of the VEC,

transferring a copy of the SER from the TTPE to the ME,

transferring a copy of the SER from the ME to the MTT;

b2) at the time of claiming the goods and/or service reserved, purchased and/or paid;

transferring a copy of the SER from the DE to the TTPE,

generating, in the TTPE, a validated SER (VSER) on basis of a transaction record (TR) of a corresponding reservation, purchase and/or payment, and a validated and verified specification of a goods or service on basis of the VSER and the TR, and

transferring the validated and verified specification of a goods or service from the TTPE to the DE.

4. The method of any one of the previous claims, characterised in that the TR includes:

a CE identifier, a MTT identifier, a ME identifier, an identifier of a corresponding EC, a TR identifier, and optionally a goods and/or services specification.

5. The method of claim 4, characterised in that the TR further includes at least one of the following:

customer address, customer e-mail, MSISDN number of the mobile phone, credit card number and expiration date, merchant name and ID number, merchant address, merchant e-mail, date and time of contract, contract id, delivery place, earliest delivery date and time, latest delivery date and time, list of items with quantity for each item, unit price, part no and/or total amount paid.

6. The method of any one of claims 3-5, characterised in the further steps of:

converting, in the TTPE, at least a portion of the SER by encryption before executing the step of transferring a copy of the SER from the ME to the MTT; and

converting, in the TTPE, an encrypted portion of the SER by decryption after executing the step of transferring a copy of the SER from the DE to the TTPE.

7. The method of any one of claims 2-6, characterised in the further steps for providing to the DE a confirmation of a completed delivery of a claimed goods or service:

transferring a delivery acknowledge request (DAQ) from the DE to the MTT,

transferring a delivery acknowledge confirm (DAF) from the MTT to TTPE,

validating, in the MTTE, the DAF, and

transferring an indicator of a valid DAF to the DE.

8. The method of any one of the previous claims, characterised in that the SER comprises a EC identifier and a TTPE identifier.

9. The method of any one of claims 2-8, characterised in that transferring the SER to the DE is accomplished by means of wire, a direct contact, infrared or a wireless link.

10. The method of claim 9, characterised in that the wireless link is a Bluetooth or IEEE 802.11 enabled link.