DEVICES AND METHODS PROVIDING MOBILE AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS FOR BROKERED EXPEDITED CHECKOUT

• US 20140337222A1
• Filed: 11/14/2011
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Damola, Ayodele, Barriga, Luis, Damm, Rickard
• Application Number:
  US14/232,466
• Publication Number:
  US 20140337222A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/44
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/027 involving a payment switch or gateway
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/363 with the personal data of a user
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3821 Electronic credentials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/401 Transaction verification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

Apparatuses and methods for brokered expedited checkout for e-shopping in telecommunication networks are provided. An apparatus is configured to facilitate checkout for a purchase by a user using user equipment from an e-shop in a telecommunication network. The apparatus has a processing unit configured to authorize the user, to access information related to the user, to respond to queries related to the user based on the information, and to mediate between a payment system and the e-shop in order to pay for the purchase.

Claims

1. An apparatus configured to facilitate checkout for a purchase by a user using a user equipment from an e-shop in a telecommunication network, the apparatus comprising:

a processing unit configured

to authorize the user,

to access information related to the user,

to respond to queries related to the user based on the information, and

to mediate between a payment system and the e-shop in order to pay for the purchase.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a first interface configured to enable communication of the processing unit with the user equipment;

a second interface configured to enable communication of the processing unit with a mobile network operator (MNO);

a third interface configured to enable communication of the processing unit with the e-shop; and

a fourth interface with payment providers.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processing unit is configured to register the user under one or more different mobile identifiers by authenticating the user and acquiring the information related to the user.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the processing unit is configured to communicate with the MNO and the e-Shop based on an underlying user authentication as a pre-identification of the user under any of the registered mobile identifiers.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the processing unit is configured to communicate with the MNO and the mobile user during authentication of the mobile user.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processing unit is configured to authenticate the mobile user using one of a plurality of mobile authentication methods including an asserted identity method, a password-based method, a messaging-based password method, and a GBA/GAA method, for any of the registered mobile identifiers.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the processing unit is configured to require the mobile user to be authenticated using the GBA/GAA method, if a payment for the purchase exceeds a predetermined payment threshold.

8. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the payment system is an e-wallet corresponding to the user.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processing unit is configured to use tokenization when for interacting with the payment system or for establishing an e-wallet.

10. A brokered expedited checkout method performed in a telecommunication network and related to a purchase by a user using user equipment, from an e-shop connected via the telecommunication network, the method comprising:

pre-identifying the user under different registered mobile identifiers, using the user equipment;

authenticating the user under any of the different registered mobile identifiers;

authorizing the authenticated user to make the purchase;

providing purchase-related user information for the purchase based on information acquired from one or more sources under user authorization; and

mediating between a payment system and the e-shop in order to pay for the purchase.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising registering the user including authenticating the user and acquiring the information related to the user for payment purposes.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the authenticating of the user is performed using one of a plurality of authentication methods including a mobile identity method with password-based, a secure messaging-based password method, and a GBA/GAA method.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising requiring the user to be authenticated using the GBA/GAA method, if a payment for the purchase exceeds a predetermined payment threshold.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the payment system is an e-wallet corresponding to the user.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the method is performed by one or more nodes of the communication network coordinated by a mobile cloud accelerator consisting of a Smart Pipe Controller for interfacing an MNO and a Mobile Edge Server that manages digital content of e-shops connected to the telecommunication network.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying a window at the user equipment for initiating an expedited checkout.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the window includes a checkout button, the method further comprising:

displaying a confirmation window including responses to the queries and details of the purchase at the user equipment.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the confirmation window is associated with functions enabling updating the responses to the queries, selecting one of a plurality of available payment systems to pay for the purchase, and a confirmation button.

19. The method of claim 10, wherein the mediating includes using tokenization for interacting with the payment system.

20. A computer readable medium storing executable codes which when executed in one or more nodes of a communication network coordinated as a mobile cloud accelerator, make the one or more nodes to execute a brokered expedited checkout method, the method comprising:

pre-identifying a user under different registered mobile identifiers, using a user equipment;

authenticating the user under any of the different registered mobile identifiers;

authorizing the authenticated user to make the purchase;

providing purchase-related user information for the purchase based on retrieved information from one or more sources under user authorization; and

mediating between a payment system and the e-shop in order to pay for the purchase.