System for Secure Purchases Made by Scanning Barcode Using a Registered Mobile Phone Application Linked to a Consumer-Merchant Closed Loop Financial Proxy Account System
First Claim
1. A system on a computer based network for a secure purchase of a product by a customer from a merchant by means of the customer'"'"'s pre-registered personal mobile device, comprising:
- a registration protocol for the personal mobile device;
a point of purchase mobile application installed on the personal mobile device, which provides a mechanism for the customer to log in and be authenticated, and which utilizes a scanning device on the personal mobile device to scan and decode a product advertisement, information and price expressed as a graphical image, which is received by the customer from a variety of digital and print media to identify the merchant and the product subject matter;
an activation protocol for identifying the account'"'"'s registered mobile device, using a unique authentication identification number specific to the personal mobile device, the mobile application installed on that device, and the customer, in order to make the account and funds active to purchase a specific product by the customer from a specific merchant;
a secure financial proxy account such as an online wallet, established for the purpose of holding unused dormant funds of the customer pooled together with funds of the merchant or financial institution until the customer activates and allocates their funds by means of their registered personal mobile device and mobile application;
a product detail and pricing generating system which is registered with and identifies the product and merchant to the mobile application;
a transactional and authentication server which stores and authenticates data sent from the customer'"'"'s personal mobile device and mobile application over a telecommunications network;
a first proprietary application resident on the transactional and authentication server using customer-based information to validate the specific customer and device, the specific merchant, and the specific product that the customer wishes to purchase from that merchant; and
a second proprietary application resident on the transactional and authentication server which creates a unique customer and device specific, time-sensitive, single-use encrypted digital transactional alphanumeric token which is specific to the personal mobile device, its location, and the customer'"'"'s personal identification information, the specific product and the specific merchant.
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Abstract
A secure product purchasing system and method are disclosed to allow for online purchase of goods or services by means of a proprietary graphical or barcode-represented printed or on-line digital product code and details to be either sent to or discovered by a customer, so as to be scanned then paid for using a secure financial closed-loop proxy account and a pre-registered personal handheld mobile device where all funds within the account remain in an “inactive” non-usable state until activated and allocated only by the customer through the mobile handheld device, wherein the merchant is registered to the secure financial closed-loop proxy account.
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20 Claims
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1. A system on a computer based network for a secure purchase of a product by a customer from a merchant by means of the customer'"'"'s pre-registered personal mobile device, comprising:
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a registration protocol for the personal mobile device; a point of purchase mobile application installed on the personal mobile device, which provides a mechanism for the customer to log in and be authenticated, and which utilizes a scanning device on the personal mobile device to scan and decode a product advertisement, information and price expressed as a graphical image, which is received by the customer from a variety of digital and print media to identify the merchant and the product subject matter; an activation protocol for identifying the account'"'"'s registered mobile device, using a unique authentication identification number specific to the personal mobile device, the mobile application installed on that device, and the customer, in order to make the account and funds active to purchase a specific product by the customer from a specific merchant; a secure financial proxy account such as an online wallet, established for the purpose of holding unused dormant funds of the customer pooled together with funds of the merchant or financial institution until the customer activates and allocates their funds by means of their registered personal mobile device and mobile application; a product detail and pricing generating system which is registered with and identifies the product and merchant to the mobile application; a transactional and authentication server which stores and authenticates data sent from the customer'"'"'s personal mobile device and mobile application over a telecommunications network; a first proprietary application resident on the transactional and authentication server using customer-based information to validate the specific customer and device, the specific merchant, and the specific product that the customer wishes to purchase from that merchant; and a second proprietary application resident on the transactional and authentication server which creates a unique customer and device specific, time-sensitive, single-use encrypted digital transactional alphanumeric token which is specific to the personal mobile device, its location, and the customer'"'"'s personal identification information, the specific product and the specific merchant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for network for secure purchase by a customer of a product from a merchant by means of the customer'"'"'s personal mobile device, comprising the steps of:
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establishing a secure financial proxy account such as an online wallet, for the purpose of holding unused dormant funds of the customer pooled together with funds of the merchant, until such time that the customer activates and allocates the unused dormant funds by means of a registered personal mobile device of the customer and a mobile application installed on the personal mobile device; linking the secure financial proxy account to a transactional and authentication server, upon which resides an application to effectuate secure purchase of the product by the customer from the merchant; scanning a product advertisement, information and price, which was received by the customer from a variety of digital and print media expressed as a graphical image, by means of a scanning device on the personal mobile device; validating the customer by allowing the customer to log in to their mobile application installed on their personal mobile device, then comparing to information for the customer stored on a database of the merchant; passing customer and merchant information retrieved at the time of validating to the transactional and authentication server along with the scanned product advertisement, information and price; decoding the scanned product advertisement, information and price by means of the mobile application installed on the personal mobile device in order to identify the merchant and product; generating a unique customer and device specific, time-sensitive, single-use encrypted digital transactional alphanumeric token by the transactional and authentication server using the unique identifier of the specific personal mobile device, the unique identifier of the mobile application installed on the personal mobile device, the customer'"'"'s personal identification information, the customer'"'"'s specific product advertisement, information and price, and the specific merchant, for the purpose of making payment for the paying the particular product to the specific merchant; transmitting over a telecommunication network the customer'"'"'s information and the unique user and device specific, time-sensitive, single-use encrypted digital transactional alphanumeric token by a secure protocol over a telecommunications network from the transactional and authentication server to the merchant; verifying by the merchant of the customer'"'"'s information, the product advertisement, information and price, and the unique user and device specific, time-sensitive, single-use encrypted digital transactional alphanumeric token; shipping of the product to the customer by the merchant; redeeming, upon shipping of the product to the customer by the merchant of the unique customer and device specific, time-sensitive, single-use encrypted digital transactional alphanumeric token, upon verifying the token and the customer'"'"'s information, in order to transfer the customer'"'"'s activated funds to the account of the merchant. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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