Short message service (SMS) e-commerce
First Claim
1. A method for effecting a purchase requested by a customer from a vendor via the Internet and billing for the purchase, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) transmitting, by the customer, a purchase request and mobile subscriber identification data representing a mobile subscriber identification number of the customer to the vendor via a mobile radio network;
(b) forwarding, by the vendor, the mobile subscriber identification data to a security device;
(c) transmitting, by the security device, at least the mobile subscriber identification number related to the mobile subscriber identification data received from the vendor to the mobile radio network;
(d) in response to receiving the at least the mobile subscriber identification number from the security device, generating, by the mobile radio network, a transaction number for the purchase and transmitting the transaction number from the mobile radio network to the customer and the security device;
(e) forwarding, by the customer, the transaction number to the vendor;
(f) checking, by the security device or the vendor, whether the transaction number forwarded to the vendor by the customer in said step (e) is valid by determining whether the transaction number forwarded to the vendor by the customer matches the transaction number transmitted to the security device by the mobile radio network in said step (d); and
(g) initiating billing of the purchase if the transaction number checked in said step (f) is valid.
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Abstract
A method for making a purchase of products or services via the Internet by a customer from a vendor includes transmitting, by the customer, a purchase request and mobile subscriber identification data representing the mobile subscriber identification number to the vendor via a mobile radio network. The vendor forwards the purchase request and the mobile subscriber identification data to a security device. A transaction number for the purchase present in the mobile radio network is then transmitted to the security device and the customer. The customer sends the transaction number it receives to the vendor and this transaction number received by the vendor is checked for validity. If the transaction number is valid, billing for the purchase is initiated.
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Citations
23 Claims
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1. A method for effecting a purchase requested by a customer from a vendor via the Internet and billing for the purchase, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) transmitting, by the customer, a purchase request and mobile subscriber identification data representing a mobile subscriber identification number of the customer to the vendor via a mobile radio network; (b) forwarding, by the vendor, the mobile subscriber identification data to a security device; (c) transmitting, by the security device, at least the mobile subscriber identification number related to the mobile subscriber identification data received from the vendor to the mobile radio network; (d) in response to receiving the at least the mobile subscriber identification number from the security device, generating, by the mobile radio network, a transaction number for the purchase and transmitting the transaction number from the mobile radio network to the customer and the security device; (e) forwarding, by the customer, the transaction number to the vendor; (f) checking, by the security device or the vendor, whether the transaction number forwarded to the vendor by the customer in said step (e) is valid by determining whether the transaction number forwarded to the vendor by the customer matches the transaction number transmitted to the security device by the mobile radio network in said step (d); and (g) initiating billing of the purchase if the transaction number checked in said step (f) is valid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A vendor device for effecting a purchase by a customer from a vendor, the vendor device comprising:
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means for receiving a purchase request and mobile subscriber identification data from a customer via a mobile radio network; means for transmitting the mobile subscriber identification data and information describing the purchase request to a security device; means for receiving a transaction number for the purchase from the security device; means for receiving another transaction number for the purchase from the customer via the mobile radio network; and means for transmitting instructions for effecting the purchase to the security device if the transaction number received from the security device matches the another transaction number received from the customer. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A system for effecting a purchase of a customer from a vendor via the Internet and billing for the purchase, the system comprising:
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a security device; a vendor device; a customer device; means for transmitting a purchase request and mobile subscriber identification data representing a mobile subscriber identification number of the customer from said customer device to said vendor device via a mobile radio network; means for forwarding the purchase request and the mobile subscriber identification data from said vendor device to said security device; means for transmitting, by the security device, at least the mobile subscriber identification number related to the mobile subscriber identification data received from the vendor to the mobile radio network; means for generating a transaction number and transmitting the transaction number for the purchase from the mobile radio network to said customer device and said security device in response to receiving the at least the mobile subscriber identification number from the security device; means for forwarding the transaction number from said customer device to said vendor device; means for checking, by the security device, whether the transaction number forwarded to said vendor device by said customer device is valid by determining whether the transaction number forwarded to the vendor by the customer matches the transaction number transmitted to the security device by the mobile radio network; and means for initiating billing of the purchase at said security device if the transaction number forwarded to the vendor by the customer is valid.
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Specification