Service activation by virtual prepaid card
First Claim
1. A method of activating a service using a prepaid card in a service provision arrangement from a user terminal arrangement, a first code necessary to use the service being associated with the card and stored in the service provision arrangement prior to payment for the card, which method comprises the steps of:
- delivering a second code associated with said card on paying for said card,transmitting one of said first code and second code from said terminal arrangement to one authentication arrangement,authenticating said one code in said one authentication arrangement,transmitting the other of said first code and second code from said terminal arrangement to another authentication arrangement,detecting said one code in said one authentication arrangement and authenticating said other code in said another authentication arrangement when said one code has been authenticated, anddeleting said other code in said another authentication arrangement and activating said service in said service provision arrangement at least in response to the authenticated first code after said other code has been authenticated.
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Abstract
In order to prevent the use of a virtual prepaid card illegitimately acquired and transmitting only one identification code, for example read after the card has been scratched, to a service provision server, a second code is delivered on paying for the card, and the two codes have to be authenticated so that the user-purchaser of the card can subsequently use the service concerned in the server still using only the first code.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of activating a service using a prepaid card in a service provision arrangement from a user terminal arrangement, a first code necessary to use the service being associated with the card and stored in the service provision arrangement prior to payment for the card, which method comprises the steps of:
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delivering a second code associated with said card on paying for said card, transmitting one of said first code and second code from said terminal arrangement to one authentication arrangement, authenticating said one code in said one authentication arrangement, transmitting the other of said first code and second code from said terminal arrangement to another authentication arrangement, detecting said one code in said one authentication arrangement and authenticating said other code in said another authentication arrangement when said one code has been authenticated, and deleting said other code in said another authentication arrangement and activating said service in said service provision arrangement at least in response to the authenticated first code after said other code has been authenticated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of activating a service using a prepaid card in a service provision arrangement from a user terminal arrangement, a first code necessary to use the service being associated with the card and stored in the service provision arrangement prior to payment for the card, which method comprises the steps of:
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delivering a second code associated with said card on paying for said card, authenticating arrangement one of said first code and second code, authenticating the other of said first code and second code when said one code has been authenticated, and activating said service in said service provision arrangement at least in response to the authenticated first code after said other code has been authenticated, said service being deemed to be activated when said service provision arrangement deletes a service identifier, which is at least a portion part of the authenticated second code, in a prestored table of the service provision arrangement, after the authenticated first code is found in correspondence with said service identifier.
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16. A method of activating a service using a prepaid card in a service provision arrangement from a user terminal arrangement, a first code necessary to use the service being associated with the card and stored in the service provision arrangement prior to payment for the card, which method comprises the step of:
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delivering a second code associated with said card on payment for said card, authenticating arrangement one of said first code and second code, authenticating the other of said first code and second code when said one code has been authenticated, and activating said service in said service provision arrangement at least in response to the authenticated first code after said other code has been authenticated, deleting said other code in said authentication arrangement said service being deemed to be activated when said service provision arrangement changes the state of a service activation indicator in a prestored table of service provision arrangement, after the authenticated first code is found in correspondence with said service activation indicator in a predetermined state.
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