Systems and methods for monetary transactions between wired and wireless devices
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1. A monetary transaction system comprising:
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associate a profile with a user, the profile including security information, historical information, and at least one of financial information, device information, transaction information, or authorized recipient information,receive, from a wireless device associated with the, a request for a monetary transaction,identify, in response to receiving the request for the monetary transaction, the profile associated with the user,receive, from the wireless device, information identifying a payee and information identifying an amount, of the monetary transaction,verify identification information of the wireless device based on an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the wireless device and one or more IP addresses, of one or more devices associated with the user, included in the identified profile,determine, in response to receiving the information identifying the amount, whether sufficient funds exist in a first account associated with the user, whether the first account has been disabled, and whether a previous fraudulent activity of a user has been detected,determine, in response to receiving the information identifying the payee, whether a profile associated with the payee exists, the profile associated with the payee including information identifying a second account associated with the payee,request the profile associated with the payee when the profile associated with the payee does not exist,transfer funds between the first account and the second account, based on the information identifying the amount, and based on determining whether sufficient funds exist in the first account associated with the user, whether the first account has been disabled, and whether a previous fraudulent activity of a user has been detected, andsend, in response to transferring the funds, a notification of the transfer of the funds to the wireless device, the notification including an itemization of goods or services associated with the transfer.
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Abstract
A monetary transaction system allows one or more wireless or wired devices, or a combination of these devices, to perform a transfer of currency or monetary funds from one online financial account to another financial account. After a user'"'"'s profile is created, all of the necessary steps to verify the profile, availability of funds, security related issues and debiting and crediting of the appropriate account can be performed quickly and easily from the user'"'"'s device. Thus, the transaction system will allow the transfer of funds between wired or wireless devices or appliances.
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1. A monetary transaction system comprising:
a payment processing system to; associate a profile with a user, the profile including security information, historical information, and at least one of financial information, device information, transaction information, or authorized recipient information, receive, from a wireless device associated with the, a request for a monetary transaction, identify, in response to receiving the request for the monetary transaction, the profile associated with the user, receive, from the wireless device, information identifying a payee and information identifying an amount, of the monetary transaction, verify identification information of the wireless device based on an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the wireless device and one or more IP addresses, of one or more devices associated with the user, included in the identified profile, determine, in response to receiving the information identifying the amount, whether sufficient funds exist in a first account associated with the user, whether the first account has been disabled, and whether a previous fraudulent activity of a user has been detected, determine, in response to receiving the information identifying the payee, whether a profile associated with the payee exists, the profile associated with the payee including information identifying a second account associated with the payee, request the profile associated with the payee when the profile associated with the payee does not exist, transfer funds between the first account and the second account, based on the information identifying the amount, and based on determining whether sufficient funds exist in the first account associated with the user, whether the first account has been disabled, and whether a previous fraudulent activity of a user has been detected, and send, in response to transferring the funds, a notification of the transfer of the funds to the wireless device, the notification including an itemization of goods or services associated with the transfer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for performing a monetary transaction, the method comprising:
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identifying, by a server device, a profile associated with a user, in response to receiving a request for a monetary transaction from a wireless device associated with the user; receiving, at the server device and from the wireless device, in response to identifying the profile associated with the user, payee identification information, and amount information, associated with the monetary transaction; verifying, by the server device, identification information associated with the wireless device based on an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the wireless device and at least one IP address, of one or more devices associated with the user, included in the identified profile; identifying, by the server device, a first account associated with the user based on the identified profile; determining, by the server device and based on the identified first account, whether a previous fraudulent activity has been detected for the identified first account, and at least one of whether the identified first account has been disabled, or whether sufficient funds exist in the identified first account; prompting, by the server device, a payee device associated with the payee, for information relating to a second account associated with the payee, based on the payee identification information; and transferring, by the server device, funds between the identified first account and the second account, based on the amount information, the verified identification information associated with the wireless device, and the determining. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A tangible computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling at least one processor to perform a method for conducting a monetary transaction, the tangible computer-readable medium comprising:
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one or more instructions for receiving transaction information from a wireless device associated with a user, where the transaction information includes payee identification information, a profile associated with the user, and amount information; one or more instructions for verifying information identifying the wireless device, based on an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the wireless device and at least one IP address, of at least one device associated with the user, included in the profile, one or more instructions for identifying a first account associated with the user based on the transaction information; one or more instructions for determining whether sufficient funds exist in the identified first account, whether the identified first account has been disabled, and whether a previous fraudulent activity of a user has been detected for the first account, one or more instructions for prompting a payee device associated with the payee, for information relating to a second account associated with the payee, based on the transaction information; and one or more instructions for transferring funds between the first account and the second account, based on the transaction information, the verified information identifying the wireless device, and the determining. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A network device comprising:
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a first component to receive monetary transaction information from a device associated with a payer, the monetary transaction information including at least payee identification information, user information, device identification information associated with the device, and amount information; a second component to verify the device identification information, based on an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the device and one or more IP addresses, of one or more devices associated with a payer, included in a profile of the payer, where the profile is identified based on the received monetary transaction information; a third component to identify a first account associated with the payer and a second account associated with a payee, based on the received monetary transaction information; a fourth component to determine whether sufficient funds exist in the identified first account, and at least one of whether the identified first account has been disabled, or whether a previous fraudulent activity of a user has been detected for the first account; a fifth component to transfer funds between the first account and the second account, based on the amount information and the fourth component; and a sixth component to notify a wireless device associated with the payer of the transfer of funds, the notification including an itemization of goods or services associated with the transfer. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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