Systems and Methods to Process Transactions Based on Social Networking
First Claim
1. A method implemented on a data processing system, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a server computer, a request from a user authenticated by a social networking website;
identifying a first phone number of the user;
communicating by the server computer with a mobile phone at the first phone number to confirm the request; and
in response to the request being confirmed via the mobile phone at the first phone number, processing the request using funds associated with the mobile phone at the first phone number.
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Abstract
Systems and methods to authenticate and process requests received via social networking websites. In one aspect, a system includes a data storage facility to store data associating a first phone number of a user with an identification of the user in a social networking website; and an interchange coupled with the data storage facility. The interchange includes a common format processor and a plurality of converters to interface with a plurality of controllers of mobile communications. The converters communicate with the controllers in different formats and with the common format processor in a common format. The common format processor receives a request including the identification of the user, identifies the first phone number of the user based on the data stored on the data storage facility, and uses the converters to communicate with a mobile phone at the first phone number to confirm the request.
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20 Claims
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1. A method implemented on a data processing system, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a server computer, a request from a user authenticated by a social networking website; identifying a first phone number of the user; communicating by the server computer with a mobile phone at the first phone number to confirm the request; and in response to the request being confirmed via the mobile phone at the first phone number, processing the request using funds associated with the mobile phone at the first phone number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable storage media storing instructions, the instructions causing a server computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
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receiving, at the server computer, a request from a user authenticated by a social networking website; identifying a first phone number of the user; communicating by the server computer with a mobile phone at the first phone number to confirm the request; and in response to the request being confirmed via the mobile phone at the first phone number, processing the request using funds associated with the mobile phone at the first phone number.
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20. A system, comprising:
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a data storage facility to store data associating a first phone number of a user with an identification of the user in a social networking website; and an interchange coupled with the data storage facility, the interchange including a common format processor and a plurality of converters to interface with a plurality of controllers, the converters configured to communicate with the controllers in different formats, the converters to communicate with the common format processor in a common format, the common format processor to receive a request from a user authenticated by the social networking website, the request identifying the user using the identification of the user in the social networking website, the common format processor to determine the first phone number of the user based on the data associating the first phone number with the identification of the user, the common format processor to instruct a first controller of the controllers, via a first converter of the converters, to communicate with a mobile phone at the first phone number to confirm the request; wherein in response to a confirmation of the request, confirmed via the mobile phone at the first phone number, the common format processor is to instruct the first controller, via the first converter, to communicate at least one premium message to the mobile phone at the first phone number to collect funds via a telecommunication carrier of the mobile phone.
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