Method and system for authentication of a service request
First Claim
1. A method of authenticating a commission from a customer to a service provider, comprising the steps offorming a plurality of sets of randomly generated code words;
- storing one of said plurality of code word sets in a memory circuit of a mobile telephone, which circuit is associated with a mobile-telephone subscription;
storing an identical code word set in a database together with an association to said mobile-telephone subscription; and
at the time of requesting the commission, identifying said mobile-telephone subscription, retrieving at least one code word from the memory circuit and checking the presence of said code word in the code word set in the database that is associated with said mobile-telephone subscription, thereby authenticating the commission.
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Abstract
A method and a system is directed to authentication of a commission from a customer to a service provider. A set of randomly generated code words are stored in a memory circuit associated with a mobile-telephone subscription in a mobile telephone, as well as in a database together with an association to the mobile-telephone subscription. The method includes the steps of determining the identify of the customer, of identifying the mobile-telephone subscription on the basis of the identity of the customer, of retrieving a code word from the memory circuit, and of checking the presence of the code word in the code word set in the database that is associated with the mobile-telephone subscription, in order to thus authenticate the commission.
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1. A method of authenticating a commission from a customer to a service provider, comprising the steps of
forming a plurality of sets of randomly generated code words; -
storing one of said plurality of code word sets in a memory circuit of a mobile telephone, which circuit is associated with a mobile-telephone subscription; storing an identical code word set in a database together with an association to said mobile-telephone subscription; and at the time of requesting the commission, identifying said mobile-telephone subscription, retrieving at least one code word from the memory circuit and checking the presence of said code word in the code word set in the database that is associated with said mobile-telephone subscription, thereby authenticating the commission. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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13. A method of authenticating a commission from a customer to a service provider, wherein a set of randomly generated code words has been stored in a memory circuit associated with a mobile-telephone subscription in a mobile telephone as well as in a database together with an association to said mobile-telephone subscription, comprising the steps of:
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establishing the identity of the customer; identifying the mobile-telephone subscription on the basis of the identity of the customer; retrieving a code word from the memory circuit; and checking the presence of said code word in the code word set in the database that is associated with said mobile-telephone subscription, in order to thus authenticate the commission.
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14. A system for authenticating a commission from a customer to a service provider, comprising:
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a mobile telephone having a memory circuit associated with a mobile-telephone subscription; means to enable the customer to disclose his identity to the service provider; a database; a set of randomly generated code words, said set stored in the first place in the memory circuit and in the second place in the database, where it is associated with the mobile-telephone subscription; means to identify the mobile-telephone subscription based on the identity of the customer; means to enable the customer to retrieve a code word from the memory circuit and to transfer said code word to the database; and checking means for checking that said code word is present in the code word set in the database that is associated with said mobile-telephone subscription, in order to thus authenticate the commission. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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