System and method for implementing financial transactions using cellular telephone data
First Claim
1. A system for supporting consumer transactions billed to an account through a cellular telephone comprising:
- a merchant data receiver for receiving merchant transaction data from a merchant terminal at a transaction site;
a consumer data receiver for receiving consumer transaction data from a cellular telephone of a consumer at the transaction site; and
a transaction processor for processing the merchant transaction data and the consumer transaction data to access a financial account so that approval for a transaction at the transaction site may be obtained and for generating a transaction record using the merchant transaction data and the consumer transaction data.
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Abstract
A system and method provide access to a consumer'"'"'s financial account without requiring a payment service token. The system supports transactions billed to an account associated with a cellular telephone with a merchant terminal for generating and sending merchant transaction data, a consumer data receiver for receiving consumer transaction data from a cellular telephone at the transaction site, and a transaction processor for processing the merchant transaction data and the consumer transaction data to access a financial account. This system is used to verify authorization to access the financial account for payment of a transaction. This system takes advantage of the almost ubiquitous presence of cellular telephones among the consuming public. The merchant terminal operates in a known manner to record data regarding items being purchased by a consumer and generates a total amount for the transaction. The total amount, a transaction code, and a telephone number for payment processing may then be displayed for the consumer. The consumer then uses his or her cellular telephone to call the displayed number and enter the transaction code. Substantially simultaneously with the display of this data, the merchant terminal sends merchant transaction data to the payment processing site. The consumer transaction data and the merchant transaction data are used to generate a transaction record and query a payment service for approval. The approval code may then be returned to the merchant terminal and consumer for appropriate completion of the transaction.
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Citations
24 Claims
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1. A system for supporting consumer transactions billed to an account through a cellular telephone comprising:
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a merchant data receiver for receiving merchant transaction data from a merchant terminal at a transaction site; a consumer data receiver for receiving consumer transaction data from a cellular telephone of a consumer at the transaction site; and a transaction processor for processing the merchant transaction data and the consumer transaction data to access a financial account so that approval for a transaction at the transaction site may be obtained and for generating a transaction record using the merchant transaction data and the consumer transaction data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A terminal for supporting consumer transactions billed through an account through a cellular telephone comprising:
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a transaction data generator for generating transaction data; and a transaction data display for displaying the generated transaction data with a telephone number so that a consumer may call the telephone number to bill a transaction corresponding to the generated transaction data to an account associated with a cellular telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for supporting transactions billed to an account associated with a cellular telephone comprising:
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a merchant terminal for generating and sending merchant transaction data over a first communication link; a consumer data receiver for receiving over a second communication link consumer transaction data from a cellular telephone at the transaction site; and a transaction processor for processing the merchant transaction data and the consumer transaction data to access a financial account so that approval for a transaction at the transaction site may be obtained and for generating a transaction record using the merchant transaction data and the consumer transaction data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for supporting payment of a consumer transaction through an account associated with a cellular telephone comprising:
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displaying a telephone number at a transaction site using a merchant display; establishing a communications link including the consumer cellular telephone using the displayed telephone number; receiving consumer cellular telephone data from the communications link including the consumer cellular telephone; generating a transaction record from merchant transaction data and the consumer cellular telephone data; querying for payment through an account associated with the cellular telephone data using the generated transaction record; and generating an approval code in correspondence with a response to the query for payment through the account associated with the cellular telephone data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of processing data used to obtain approval for a payment associated with a transaction comprising:
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receiving from a merchant terminal at a transaction site merchant transaction data; receiving from a cellular telephone associated with a consumer at the transaction site, through a communications link established during the transaction, consumer transaction data identifying the transaction; correlating the received merchant transaction data and the received consumer transaction data identifying the transaction; and using the correlated data to obtain approval to charge a payment associated with the transaction to an account associated with the cellular telephone. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A system for supporting consumer transactions billed to an account through a cellular telephone comprising:
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a merchant data receiver for receiving merchant transaction data from a merchant terminal at a transaction site over a first communications link; a consumer data receiver for receiving an incoming call from a consumer cellular telephone at the transaction site over a second communications link and for receiving consumer transaction data from the consumer cellular telephone; and a transaction processor for processing the merchant transaction data and the consumer transaction data to access a financial account so that approval for a transaction at the transaction site may be obtained. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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