Method and network element for paying by a mobile terminal through a communication network
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1. A payment method for paying by a mobile terminal through a communication network the method comprising the steps of:
- providing information on a transaction effected with a third party (2) using the mobile terminal, judging whether said information fulfills a predetermined criterion of a plurality of predetermined criteria, and selecting dependent on the result of said judging step, a corresponding one out of a plurality of payment modes for said transaction.
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Abstract
The present invention proposes a payment method for paying by a mobile terminal (1) through a communication network, the method comprising the steps of:—providing (S2) information on a transaction effected with a third party (2) using the mobile terminal (1),—judging (S4, S6), whether said information fulfills a predetermined criterion of a plurality of predetermined criteria, and—selecting (S5, S7, S8), dependent on the result of said judging step, a corresponding one out of a plurality of payment modes (8, 9, 10; Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3) for said transaction.
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1. A payment method for paying by a mobile terminal through a communication network the method comprising the steps of:
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providing information on a transaction effected with a third party (2) using the mobile terminal, judging whether said information fulfills a predetermined criterion of a plurality of predetermined criteria, and selecting dependent on the result of said judging step, a corresponding one out of a plurality of payment modes for said transaction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A payment system which comprises:
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a communication network, wireless terminals available to communicate with the communication network, selling entities, said communication network including identification information associated with service information of said wireless terminals, said service information describing a payment service identifier, one of said wireless terminals buying in communication with the selling entities something to be paid, wherein buying information from said one wireless terminal is transferred to the wireless network which selects a payment server depending on said service information of the one wireless terminal, wherein payment is transferred with information of the buyer to the payment server having an external register including buyer information, the payment server charging the account of a user by his/her micropayment account. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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