Mobile-To-Mobile Payment System And Method
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1. A mobile-to-mobile payment method comprising:
- receiving at a payment server one or more payment messages from a mobile device associated with a payor, the one or more payment messages including an identifier of a payee and an amount;
associating the identifier of the payee with a payee account;
associating the mobile device with a payor account; and
the payment server executing a transfer of finds of the amount from the payor account to the payee account.
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Abstract
A mobile-to-mobile payment method and system are presented. One or more payor messages are received at a payment server from a mobile device associated with a payor. The one or more payor messages include an identifier of a payee and an amount. The identifier of the payee is associated with a payee account, and the mobile device is associated with a payor account. The payment server executes a transfer of fluids of the amount from the payor account to the payee account.
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20 Claims
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1. A mobile-to-mobile payment method comprising:
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receiving at a payment server one or more payment messages from a mobile device associated with a payor, the one or more payment messages including an identifier of a payee and an amount; associating the identifier of the payee with a payee account; associating the mobile device with a payor account; and the payment server executing a transfer of finds of the amount from the payor account to the payee account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A mobile-to-mobile payment system comprising:
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a communications network having at least one wireless link to communicate with a plurality of mobile devices; and a payment server adapted to receive one or more payment messages from a payor'"'"'s mobile devices, the one or more payor messages including an identifier of a payee and an amount, the payment server further adapted to associate the identifier of the payee with a payee account, associate the payor'"'"'s mobile device with a payor account, and execute a transfer of funds of the amount from the payor account to the payee account. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile device comprising:
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a user interface for receiving instruction data for a mobile-to-mobile payment process; a translator to translate the instruction data to one or more payment messages to control a payment server that executes the mobile-to-mobile payment process, the payment messages including an identifier of a payee and an amount of a payment; and a messaging service adapted to transmit the payment messages to a payment server via a communications network having at least one wireless link. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A mobile messaging service for a mobile device, comprising:
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an outbound messaging component for sending payment messages from the mobile device to a payment server, the payment messages including an identifier of a payee and an amount of a payment; and an inbound messaging component for receiving confirmation messages from the payment server to the mobile device, the confirmation messages including prompts for further information and/or prompts for an acknowledgement to be sent on the outbound messaging component. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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