Secure authentication and payment system
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1. A method of securely conducting a transaction over a network, comprising:
- A. receiving, at a server, a telephone call over the telephone network that seeks to initiate the transaction with a target;
B. obtaining, at the server, at least a telephone number defining the telephone from which the call is being placed;
C. authenticating, at the server, the call by checking at least the telephone number associated with the call against telephone numbers in a database of registrants'"'"' telephone numbers; and
D. in response to at least said telephone number matching that of an entity registered in said database, performing instantly, at the sever, the transaction by transferring funds from a first financial account to a second financial account.
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Abstract
A transaction and payment and processing system securely conducts transactions over the public telephone network. The transactions may be between and among entities of any type such as individuals, merchants, utilities, banks, etc. Nothing more than access to a telephone is required after initial registration of a user.
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42 Claims
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1. A method of securely conducting a transaction over a network, comprising:
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A. receiving, at a server, a telephone call over the telephone network that seeks to initiate the transaction with a target; B. obtaining, at the server, at least a telephone number defining the telephone from which the call is being placed; C. authenticating, at the server, the call by checking at least the telephone number associated with the call against telephone numbers in a database of registrants'"'"' telephone numbers; and D. in response to at least said telephone number matching that of an entity registered in said database, performing instantly, at the sever, the transaction by transferring funds from a first financial account to a second financial account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of securely conducting transactions over a network, comprising:
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A. receiving, at a second location on a server, in a first network, a message placed at a first location on the first network and identifying a transaction to be undertaken; B. at the server at the second location on the first network, obtaining, from a source other than the initiator of said message, at least a telephone number defining the telephone from which the message was initiated; C. authenticating the message by checking at least the telephone number associated with the message against telephone numbers in a database of authorized telephone numbers; and D. in response to at least said telephone number matching an entity that is contained in said database, instantly completing the transaction by performing a transfer of funds from a first financial account to a second financial account using a second network. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. Apparatus for facilitating transactions initiated over a telephone network, comprising:
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A. a data store for storing a database of at least authorized transaction initiators, said database containing, for each entity authorized to instantly engage in said transactions, at least a primary identifier identifying telephone instruments that are authorized for use in said transactions and a secondary identifier; B. a stored program data processor for processing transactions directed to it, said apparatus being connected to store data in said database and to retrieve it therefrom; C. one or more interfaces between said telephone network and said processor for receiving and transmitting data between said network and said processor; D. said processor programmed to; (1) receive said primary and said secondary identifiers from said telephone network via said one or more interfaces and to authenticate said identifiers against said database; and (2) in response to authentication of said identifiers against said database, performing instantly the transaction by transferring funds from a first account to a second account. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of securely conducting transactions over a network, comprising:
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A. initiating, in response to receipt of a text message seeking to initiate a transaction, a telephone call over the telephone network; B. obtaining, at a server, from the party to which the text message was initiated, an identifier unique to the party to which the telephone call was directed; C. communicating, by the server, said identifier to an entity that is enabled to authenticate the identifier by checking said identifier against a database of authorized users; and D. if at least said identifier matches that of an entity that is registered in said database, performing instantly the transaction by transferring funds from a first financial account to a second financial account using a second network. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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