Systems and methods to control online transactions
First Claim
1. A method implemented on a data processing system, the method comprising:
- receiving a payment request at a server computer, the payment request including a first telephone number;
communicating with a mobile phone at the first telephone number for confirmation of the payment request, prior to the communicating with a mobile phone at a second telephone number for approval of the payment request, wherein the communicating with the mobile phone at the first telephone number comprises receiving a confirmation message from the mobile phone at the first telephone number;
identifying the second telephone number based on data stored in a database connected to the server computer, the data associating the first telephone number with the second telephone number;
communicating with the mobile phone at the second telephone number for approval of the payment request, wherein the communicating with the mobile phone at the second telephone number comprises forwarding at least a portion of the confirmation message to the mobile phone at the second telephone number; and
in response to the payment request being approved via the mobile phone at the second telephone number, processing the payment request using funds collected via the second telephone number, including collecting funds from an account associated with the second telephone number to process the payment response, after the payment request is approved via the mobile phone at the second telephone number.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided to control online transactions via mobile communications. In one aspect, a system includes a data storage facility to store data associating a first telephone number with a second telephone number; and an interchange coupled with the data storage facility. The interchange includes a common format processor and a plurality of converters to interface with a plurality of controllers. The converters are configured to communicate with the controllers in different formats and to communicate with the common format processor in a common format. The common format processor is to receive a payment request including the first telephone number, identify the second telephone number based on the data, and communicate with a mobile phone at the second telephone number for approval of the payment request.
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36 Claims
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1. A method implemented on a data processing system, the method comprising:
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receiving a payment request at a server computer, the payment request including a first telephone number; communicating with a mobile phone at the first telephone number for confirmation of the payment request, prior to the communicating with a mobile phone at a second telephone number for approval of the payment request, wherein the communicating with the mobile phone at the first telephone number comprises receiving a confirmation message from the mobile phone at the first telephone number; identifying the second telephone number based on data stored in a database connected to the server computer, the data associating the first telephone number with the second telephone number; communicating with the mobile phone at the second telephone number for approval of the payment request, wherein the communicating with the mobile phone at the second telephone number comprises forwarding at least a portion of the confirmation message to the mobile phone at the second telephone number; and in response to the payment request being approved via the mobile phone at the second telephone number, processing the payment request using funds collected via the second telephone number, including collecting funds from an account associated with the second telephone number to process the payment response, after the payment request is approved via the mobile phone at the second telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-readable storage media storing instructions, the instructions causing a server computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
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receiving a payment request at a server computer, the payment request including a first telephone number; communicating with a mobile phone at the first telephone number for confirmation of the payment request, prior to the communicating with a mobile phone at a second telephone number for approval of the payment request, wherein the communicating with the mobile phone at the first telephone number comprises receiving a confirmation message from the mobile phone at the first telephone number; identifying the second telephone number based on data stored in a database connected to the server computer, the data associating the first telephone number with the second telephone number; communicating with the mobile phone at the second telephone number for approval of the payment request, wherein the communicating with the mobile phone at the second telephone number comprises forwarding at least a portion of the confirmation message to the mobile phone at the second telephone number; and in response to the payment request being approved via the mobile phone at the second telephone number, processing the payment request using funds collected via the second telephone number, including collecting funds from an account associated with the second telephone number to process the payment response, after the payment request is approved via the mobile phone at the second telephone number.
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18. A system, comprising:
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a data storage facility to store data associating a first telephone number with a second telephone number; and an interchange coupled with the data storage facility, the interchange including a common format processor and a plurality of converters to interface with a plurality of controllers, the converters configured to communicate with the controllers in different formats, the converters to communicate with the common format processor in a common format, the common format processor to receive a payment request including the first telephone number, to communicate with a mobile phone at the first telephone number for confirmation of the payment request, prior to the communicating with a mobile phone at a second telephone number for approval of the payment request, wherein the communicating with the mobile phone at the first telephone number comprises receiving a confirmation message from the mobile phone at the first telephone number and to identify the second telephone number based on the data stored in the data storage facility associating the first telephone number and the second telephone number, the common format processor to instruct a first controller of the controllers, via a first converter of the converters, to communicate with the mobile phone at the second telephone number for approval of the payment request wherein the communicating with the mobile phone at the second telephone number comprises forwarding at least a portion of the confirmation message to the mobile phone at the second telephone number, wherein the system is to process the payment request using funds collected via the second telephone number, in response to the payment request being approved via the mobile phone at the second telephone number, including collecting funds from an account associated with the second telephone number to process the payment response, after the payment mobile phone at the second telephone number.
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19. A method implemented on a data processing system, the method comprising:
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receiving a payment request at a server computer, the payment request including a first telephone number; communicating with a mobile phone at the first telephone number for confirmation of the payment request, prior to the communicating with a mobile phone at a second telephone number for approval of the payment request; identifying the second telephone number based on data stored in a database connected to the server computer, the data associating the first telephone number with the second telephone number; communicating with the mobile phone at the second telephone number for approval of the payment request; and in response to the payment request being approved via the mobile phone at the second telephone number, processing the payment request using funds collected via the second telephone number, including collecting funds from an account associated with the second telephone number to process the payment response, after the payment request is approved via the mobile phone at the second telephone number, wherein a telecommunication carrier of the mobile phone at the first telephone number is in a first country, and the telecommunication carrier of the mobile phone at the second telephone number is in a second country different from the first country. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing instructions, the instructions causing a server computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
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receiving a payment request at a server computer, the payment request including a first telephone number; communicating with a mobile phone at the first telephone number for confirmation of the payment request, prior to the communicating with a mobile phone at a second telephone number for approval of the payment request; identifying the second telephone number based on data stored in a database connected to the server computer, the data associating the first telephone number with the second telephone number; communicating with the mobile phone at the second telephone number for approval of the payment request; and in response to the payment request being approved via the mobile phone at the second telephone number, processing the payment request using funds collected via the second telephone number, including collecting funds from an account associated with the second telephone number to process the payment response, after the payment request is approved via the mobile phone at the second telephone number, wherein a telecommunication carrier of the mobile phone at the first telephone number is in a first country, and the telecommunication carrier of the mobile phone at the second telephone number is in a second country different from the first country.
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36. A system, comprising:
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a data storage facility to store data associating a first telephone number with a second telephone number; and an interchange coupled with the data storage facility, the interchange including a common format processor and a plurality of converters to interface with a plurality of controllers, the converters configured to communicate with the controllers in different formats, the converters to communicate with the common format processor in a common format, the common format processor to receive a payment request including the first telephone number, to communicate with a mobile phone at the first telephone number for confirmation of the payment request, prior to the communicating with a mobile phone at a second telephone number for approval of the payment request, and to identify the second telephone number based on the data stored in the data storage facility associating the first telephone number and the second telephone number, the common format processor to instruct a first controller of the controllers, via a first converter of the converters, to communicate with the mobile phone at the second telephone number for approval of the payment request, wherein the system is to process the payment request using funds collected via the second telephone number, in response to the payment request being approved via the mobile phone at the second telephone number, including collecting funds from an account associated with the second telephone number to process the payment response, after the payment request is approved via the mobile phone at the second telephone number, wherein a telecommunication carrier of the mobile phone at the first telephone number is in a first country, and the telecommunication carrier of the mobile phone at the second telephone number is in a second country different from the first country.
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