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Method for the authorization of payments in a communication network

  • US 20040249751A1
  • Filed: 04/14/2004
  • Published: 12/09/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for approving payments in a communication network in which a request from a communication terminal belonging to a service user for a service which requires a payment, comprising:

  • transmitting a communication address for a payment service provider to the communication terminal, via a service provider facility associated therewith;

    approving, via the communication terminal, a payment which relates to the service by transmitting an approval message to the payment service provider;

    storing, via the payment service provider, an individual approval identifiers in a memory;

    transmitting the approval identifier to the communication terminal;

    transmitting, via the communication terminal, the approval identifiers to the service provider facility;

    sending, via the service provider facility, a payment request message which includes the approval identifier to the payment service provider; and

    identifying, via the payment service provider, the payment as having been approved if the approval identifier in the payment request message is present in the memory.

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