Process for making remote payments for the purchase of goods and/or a service through a mobile radiotelephone, and the corresponding system and mobile radiotelephone
First Claim
1. Process for remote and secure payment for goods and/or a service purchased by a buyer from a supplier within an open network, making use of a mobile radiotelephone within a closed radiocommunications network used by the buyer, the mobile radiotelephone enabling access to the closed radio communications network managed by a management center, a payment server being connected to the closed radio communications network, characterized in that the process includes the following step:
- identification of the buyer by the management center and/or the payment server and/or a control center based on a request from the supplier within the open network, the buyer identification consisting of making sure that the buyer is a subscriber correctly registered on a list of subscribers to the closed radio communications network.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for making a secure remote payment for goods and/or a service purchased by the buyer (2) from a supplier (7) using a mobile radiotelephone (1) used by the buyer. The mobile radiotelephone provides access to a radio communications network (5) managed through a management center (6). A payment server (4) is connected to the radio communications network (5). The process according to this invention comprises a step in which the said management center (6) and/or the said payment server (4) and/or a control center identifies the said buyer (2), identification of the buyer consisting of ensuring that the buyer is a bonafide subscriber registered on a list of subscribers to the said radio communications network (5). The process may also include a step to authenticate the said buyer (2).
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1. Process for remote and secure payment for goods and/or a service purchased by a buyer from a supplier within an open network, making use of a mobile radiotelephone within a closed radiocommunications network used by the buyer, the mobile radiotelephone enabling access to the closed radio communications network managed by a management center, a payment server being connected to the closed radio communications network, characterized in that the process includes the following step:
identification of the buyer by the management center and/or the payment server and/or a control center based on a request from the supplier within the open network, the buyer identification consisting of making sure that the buyer is a subscriber correctly registered on a list of subscribers to the closed radio communications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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