Mobile device communication system
First Claim
1. A system to conduct financial transactions over a communication network, the system including:
- a database storing data associated with a mobile communication device user, the data including a user mobile communication device identifier, user mobile airtime account identifier and financial account identifier for a financial account associated with the user;
purchase request infrastructure to receive a purchase request from the user via a mobile communication device, the purchase request being for a purchase from a merchant for a purchase amount;
an access module with screening logic to identify the purchase request and to provide the user access to the communication network to make the purchase request without debiting the financial account of the user or the user'"'"'s user mobile airtime account for the access to the communication network; and
a payment service provider system to;
provide the merchant with the purchase request;
automatically debit the at least one financial account of the user with the purchase amount;
automatically allocate a service fee which is associated with the purchase amount to the mobile service provider and crediting an account of the mobile service provider for the service fee; and
automatically credit an account of the merchant with at least a portion of the purchase amount.
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Abstract
A method and system to conduct financial transactions over a communication network is provided. Data associated with a mobile communication device user is received and stored, and a user mobile airtime account is allocated to the user. A purchase request is received from the user via a mobile communication device, the purchase request being for a purchase from a merchant for a purchase amount. The communication network provides the user access to the network to make the purchase request without debiting a financial account of the user or the user mobile airtime account for the access to the communication network. A payment service provider now automatically debits the financial account of the user with the purchase amount, automatically allocates a service fee which is associated with the purchase amount to the mobile service provider and credits an account of the mobile service provider with the service fee. The payment service provider also automatically credits an account of the merchant with at least a portion of a remainder of the purchase amount.
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29 Claims
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1. A system to conduct financial transactions over a communication network, the system including:
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a database storing data associated with a mobile communication device user, the data including a user mobile communication device identifier, user mobile airtime account identifier and financial account identifier for a financial account associated with the user;
purchase request infrastructure to receive a purchase request from the user via a mobile communication device, the purchase request being for a purchase from a merchant for a purchase amount;
an access module with screening logic to identify the purchase request and to provide the user access to the communication network to make the purchase request without debiting the financial account of the user or the user'"'"'s user mobile airtime account for the access to the communication network; and
a payment service provider system to;
provide the merchant with the purchase request;
automatically debit the at least one financial account of the user with the purchase amount;
automatically allocate a service fee which is associated with the purchase amount to the mobile service provider and crediting an account of the mobile service provider for the service fee; and
automatically credit an account of the merchant with at least a portion of the purchase amount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method to conduct financial transactions over a communication network, the method including:
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receiving and storing data associated with a mobile communication device user, the data identifying at least one financial account of the user;
allocating a user mobile airtime account to the user to manage airtime availability of the user;
receiving a purchase request from the user via a mobile communication device, the purchase request being for a purchase from a merchant for a purchase amount;
providing the user access to the communication network to make the purchase request without debiting the financial account of the user or the user'"'"'s user mobile airtime account for the access to the communication network;
providing the merchant with the purchase request;
automatically debiting the at least one financial account of the user with the purchase amount;
automatically allocating a service fee, which is associated with the purchase amount, to the mobile service provider and crediting an account of the mobile service provider with the service fee; and
automatically crediting an account of the merchant with at least a portion of a remainder of the purchase amount. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system to conduct financial transactions over a communication network, the system including:
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first means for storing data associated with a mobile communication device user, the data including a user mobile communication device identifier, a user mobile airtime account identifier and a financial account identifier for at least one financial account associated with the user;
second means for receiving a purchase request from the user via a mobile communication device, the purchase request being for a purchase from a merchant for a purchase amount;
third means with screening logic for identifying the purchase request and for providing the user access to the communication network to issue the purchase request without debiting the financial account of the user or the user'"'"'s user mobile airtime account for the access to the communication network; and
fourth means for providing the merchant with the purchase request;
automatically debiting the at least one financial account of the user with the purchase amount;
automatically allocating a service fee which is associated with the purchase amount to the mobile service provider and crediting an account of the mobile service provider for the service fee; and
automatically crediting an account of the merchant with at least a portion of the purchase amount. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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