Credit card validation for an interactive wireless network
First Claim
1. An apparatus for validating a credit card over a wireless data network, the apparatus comprising:
- a wireless communication gateway in communication with a wireless data network, the gateway configured for processing credit card validation data received from an external network and for sending a credit card validation reply message to a wireless device in communication with the wireless data network in response to receiving a credit card validation request message from the wireless device, the request message including credit card information for identifying a credit card to be validated;
wherein the gateway comprises a database for storing the credit card validation reply message; and
wherein the database has a directory structure for associating the wireless device with the credit card validation reply message.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for validating a credit card over a wireless network. The apparatus includes a gateway for sending a credit card validation reply message to a wireless device in response to receiving a credit card validation request message from the wireless device, the request message including credit card information for identifying a credit card to be validated. The method includes sending a first credit card validation request message to a gateway from a wireless device, the first request message including credit card information for identifying a credit card to be validated; sending a second credit card validation request message and the credit card information from the gateway over an external network in communication with the gateway to a credit card validation service provider for processing the credit card information; receiving by the gateway a first credit card validation reply message from the credit card validation service provider over the external network; and sending a second credit card validation reply message from the gateway to the wireless device.
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44 Claims
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1. An apparatus for validating a credit card over a wireless data network, the apparatus comprising:
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a wireless communication gateway in communication with a wireless data network, the gateway configured for processing credit card validation data received from an external network and for sending a credit card validation reply message to a wireless device in communication with the wireless data network in response to receiving a credit card validation request message from the wireless device, the request message including credit card information for identifying a credit card to be validated;
wherein the gateway comprises a database for storing the credit card validation reply message; and
wherein the database has a directory structure for associating the wireless device with the credit card validation reply message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of validating a credit card over a wireless data network, the method comprising:
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sending a first credit card validation request message to a wireless communication gateway in communication with a wireless data network from a wireless device in communication with the wireless data network, the gateway configured for processing credit card validation data received from an external network, the first request message including credit card information for identifying a credit card to be validated;
sending a second credit card validation request message and the credit card information from the gateway over the external network in communication with the gateway to a credit card information validation service provider for processing the credit card information;
receiving by the gateway a first credit card validation reply message from the credit card validation service provider over the external network;
sending a second credit card validation reply message from the gateway to the wireless device;
storing the first credit card validation reply message in a database associated with the gateway; and
associating a second wireless device with the first credit card validation reply message in a directory structure of the database. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for validating a credit card over a wireless data network, the method comprising:
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processing credit card information associated with a credit card to be validated at a wireless communication gateway in communication with a wireless data network, the gateway configured for processing credit card validation data received from an external network, the gateway sending a credit card validation reply message to a wireless device in communication with the wireless network in response to receiving a credit card validation request message from the wireless device, the request message including the credit card information for identifying the credit card to be validated;
wherein, the credit card information is processed at the gateway by a software application developed independently of external credit card validation processes provided remotely from the gateway; and
storing the credit card validation reply message in a database associated with the gateway;
wherein storing further comprises storing the credit card validation reply message in a database that includes a directory structure for associating the wireless device with the credit card validation reply message. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method of validating a credit card over a wireless data network, the method comprising:
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sending a first credit card validation request message to a wireless communication gateway in communication with a wireless data network from a wireless device in communication with the wireless data network, the gateway configured for processing credit card validation data received from an external network, the first request message including credit card information for identifying a credit card to be validated;
sending a second credit card validation request message and the credit card information from the gateway over the external network in communication with the gateway to a credit card information validation service provider for processing the credit card information;
receiving by the gateway a first credit card validation reply message from the credit card validation service provider over the external network;
sending a second credit card validation reply message from the gateway to the wireless device; and
storing the second credit card validation reply message in a database associated with the gateway. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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