System and method for activating telephone-based payment instrument
First Claim
1. A method for activating a payment instrument in the form of a mobile device, wherein during activation an account identifier is loaded into the mobile device, and wherein the mobile device employs telecommunications signaling and has a payment instrument module that employs wireless signaling separate from the telecommunications signaling for storing the account identifier and for transmitting the account identifier when conducting a transaction, the method comprising:
- associating a personal identifier with the account identifier and providing that personal identifier to a user prior to activation of the payment instrument;
placing the mobile device in proximity to, and without physical contact with, an external wireless device that is external to the mobile device, the external wireless device for transmitting wireless signaling representing the account identifier;
wirelessly transmitting the account identifier from the external wireless device to the payment instrument module, without the mobile device and external wireless device being in physical contact;
requesting a personal identifier be provided by the user; and
enabling the payment instrument to use the transmitted account identifier if the requested personal identifier provided by the user matches the personal identifier associated with the account identifier.
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Abstract
A payment instrument in the form of a cell phone is loaded with account information and activated as a payment instrument by reading account information from a nearby RFID device, and entering a user PIN or password. In one embodiment, the account information is read from an RFID tag provided to the user, and the password is entered on the phone keypad. In a second embodiment, the account information is read from an RFID device at an ATM or kiosk after the user inserts a card into a card reader at the ATM or kiosk and enters the password at the ATM or kiosk keypad.
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1. A method for activating a payment instrument in the form of a mobile device, wherein during activation an account identifier is loaded into the mobile device, and wherein the mobile device employs telecommunications signaling and has a payment instrument module that employs wireless signaling separate from the telecommunications signaling for storing the account identifier and for transmitting the account identifier when conducting a transaction, the method comprising:
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associating a personal identifier with the account identifier and providing that personal identifier to a user prior to activation of the payment instrument; placing the mobile device in proximity to, and without physical contact with, an external wireless device that is external to the mobile device, the external wireless device for transmitting wireless signaling representing the account identifier; wirelessly transmitting the account identifier from the external wireless device to the payment instrument module, without the mobile device and external wireless device being in physical contact; requesting a personal identifier be provided by the user; and enabling the payment instrument to use the transmitted account identifier if the requested personal identifier provided by the user matches the personal identifier associated with the account identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 22)
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14. A method for activating a payment instrument in the form of a mobile device, wherein during activation an account identifier is loaded into the mobile device, and wherein the mobile device employs telecommunications signaling and has a payment instrument module that employs wireless signaling separate from the telecommunications signaling for storing the account identifier and for transmitting the account identifier when conducting a transaction, the method comprising:
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associating a personal identifier with the account identifier and providing that personal identifier to a user prior to activation of the payment instrument; placing the mobile device in proximity to an external wireless device that is at a publicly accessible terminal and is external to the mobile device, and wherein the external wireless device is for transmitting wireless signaling representing the account identifier; wirelessly transmitting the account identifier from the external wireless device to the payment instrument module, without physical contact between the external wireless device and the mobile device; requesting a personal identifier be provided by the user; and enabling the payment instrument to use the transmitted account identifier if the requested personal identifier provided by the user matches the personal identifier associated with the account identifier. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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23. A system for activating an payment instrument in the form of an RFID enabled telephone, wherein during activation an account identifier is loaded into the telephone, the activated telephone including an RFID device for storing and transmitting the account identifier when conducting a transaction, the system including:
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a PIN associated with the account identifier; an external RFID device located at a self-service terminal for wirelessly transmitting the account identifier from the self-service terminal to the telephone, without physical contact and engagement between the external RFID device and the telephone; and a programmed processor for instructing a user to enter a PIN at a keypad associated with either the external device or the telephone, and activating the payment instrument if the PIN entered at the keypad matches the PIN associated with the account identifier. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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