Party identification in a wireless network

• US 8,116,734 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2006
• Issued: 02/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Vawter, Jamison
• Primary Examiner(s): Daniel, Jr., Willie J.
• Application Number:
  US11/466,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20080052091A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,002 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3223 Realising banking transactions through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety

Abstract

A managed service may include first logic to receive identification information from a mobile device and send an authorization to a transaction device indicating that the mobile device is identified, the identified mobile device to participate in a transaction with the transaction device. The first logic may receive payment information from the mobile device during the transaction and send payment to the transaction device on behalf of the mobile device during the transaction. The managed service may include second logic to determine whether the identity information is valid by comparing the identity information to stored identity information and generate the authorization when the identity information is valid. The second logic may process the payment information on behalf of the mobile device, allocate a debit or a credit to an account maintained on behalf of the mobile device, and send the payment to the first logic.

Claims

1. A server for use in a point of sale/service transaction between a mobile communication device and a first device, the server comprising:

a first interface to receive, from the mobile communication device and via a first network, identification information associated with the mobile communication device,

where the identification information is not provided to the first device;

one or more processors to generate authorization information indicating that the mobile communication device is authorized for the point of sale/service transaction, based on results of a comparison of the identification information to stored identity information associated with a plurality of mobile communication devices;

a second interface to send, via a second network, the authorization information to the first device, where the first network differs from the second network,

where the first interface is further to receive, via the first network and from the mobile communication device, first payment information related to the point of sale/service transaction after the second interface sends the authorization information to the first device, and

where the second interface is further to;

send, to a second device and via the second network, the stored identity information, associated with the mobile communication device, and the first payment information, to cause the second device to debit, based on the first payment information, a monetary account that is associated with the mobile communication device,

where the second device is different than the first device,

receive, from the second device and via the second network, second payment information, where the second payment information indicates that the second device debited the monetary account based on the first payment information, and

send, via the second network, the indication, associated with the second payment information, to the first device.

2. The server of claim 1, where the identification information comprises:

a name, an address, a phone number, an electronic serial number, a social security number, a driver'"'"'s license number, passport information, access information, credit card information, debit card information, a receipt identifier, order information, account information, a personal identification number (PIN), a token, a password, a seed, a secure identification value (SIV), a secure ID, or a code, and

where the one or more processors are further to compare the identification information to the stored identity information associated with the plurality of mobile communication devices.

3. The server of claim 1, where the first payment information includes information identifying the monetary account, and

where the first payment information is not sent to the first device.

4. The server of claim 1, where the server stores information associated with the monetary account,

where the information associated with the monetary account includes information identifying the second device, and

where the second interface is further to send the identity information and the first payment information to the second device using the information associated with the monetary account.

5. The server of claim 1, where the first device is associated with a first entity that includes a merchant, a service provider, a group, a location, an institution, an agency, a hospital, or an individual,

where the server is associated a second entity that is different from the first entity,

where the second device is associated with a third entity that is different from the first entity and the second entity, and

where the mobile communication device is associated with a fourth entity that is different from the first entity, the second entity, and the third entity.

6. The server of claim 1, where the server stores, when the point of sale/service transaction is completed, information that identifies the first payment information and the second payment information.

7. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a communication interface to receive, via a near field communication (NFC) link, first transaction information, from a transaction device, to establish a transaction session between the mobile communication terminal and the transaction device;

one or more processors to generate, responsive to user input received via a user interface of the mobile communication terminal and based on the first transaction information, identification information identifying the mobile communication terminal;

where the communication interface is further to;

send, via a wireless network and responsive to the user input and to receiving the first transaction information, the identification information to a server to validate the identification information for the transaction session, and

receive, via the NFC link and from the transaction device, second transaction information when the transaction session has been established,

where the transaction session is established after the server sends, to the transaction device, information that validates the identification information,

where the identification information is not provided to the transaction device, and

where the second transaction information includes a payment request associated with the established transaction session; and

one or more processors to generate, responsive to the payment request, payment information associated with the established transaction session, the payment information including information identifying a payment, associated with the payment request, and information identifying a monetary account that is associated with the mobile communication terminal,

where the communication interface is further to;

send, via the wireless network, the payment information, for the established transaction, to the server to process the payment based on the payment information, and

receive, from the transaction device via the NFC link and when the server has processed the payment, third transaction information that includes a record of a completion of a transaction associated with the established transaction session.

8. The mobile communication terminal of claim 7, where the communication interface comprises:

a near field communication component to communicate with the transaction device; and

a far field communication component to communicate with the server.

9. The mobile communication terminal of claim 7, further comprising:

a display to display a window that includes the first transaction information for the transaction session and at least a portion of the second transaction information, and

where the user interface is to receive an input, from a user, of a personal identification number (PIN) identifying the user for the established transaction,

where the one or more processors are further to include the PIN in the identification information, and

where the least a portion of the second transaction information includes information identifying one or more items, recorded by the transaction device for the established transaction session, that are to be purchased.

10. The mobile communication terminal of claim 7, where the first transaction information includes a request for the identification information, and

where the identification information comprises:

a name, an address, a phone number, an electronic serial number, a social security number, a driver'"'"'s license number, passport information, access information, credit card information, debit card information, a receipt identifier, order information, account information, a personal identification number (PIN), a token, a password, a seed, a secure identification value (SIV), a secure ID, or a code.

11. The mobile communication terminal of claim 7, where the payment information further includes information identifying a type of the payment, and

where the payment information is not provided to the transaction device.

12. The mobile communication terminal of claim 7, where the server corresponds to a first server and is associated with a first entity,

where the transaction device is associated with a second entity that is different from the first entity,

where the monetary account is associated with a second server different than the first server, the second server being associated with a third entity that is different from the first entity and the second entity,

where the mobile communication terminal is associated with a fourth entity that is different from the first entity, the second entity, and the third entity.

13. A method, performed by a server, for managing a transaction between a portable communication device and a first device, the method comprising:

receiving, by the server and from the portable communication device via a first network, identification information identifying the portable communication device,

where the identification information is not transmitted to the first device;

comparing the identification information to identity information stored by the server;

generating, by the server, authorization information indicating that the portable communication device is authorized for the transaction, based on a result of comparing the identification information to the stored identity information;

sending, by the server and via a second network, the authorization information to the first device, where the first network differs from the second network;

receiving, by the server and via the first network, first payment information, associated with the transaction, from the portable communication device after sending the authorization information to the first device;

sending, by the server, to a second device, the identity information associated with the portable communication device and the first payment information to cause the second device to debit, based on the first payment information, a monetary account that is associated with the portable communication device;

receiving, by the server and from the second device, second payment information indicating that the second device debited the monetary account based on the first payment information; and

sending, by the server and via the first network, the indication, associated with the second information, to the first device.

14. The method of claim 13, where the identification information further identifies a user of the portable communication device, and

where receiving the identification information comprises:

receiving a name, an address, a phone number, an electronic serial number, a social security number, a driver'"'"'s license number, passport information, access information, credit card information, debit card information, a receipt identifier, order information, account information, a personal identification number (PIN), a token, a password, a seed, a secure identification value (SIV), a secure ID, or a code.

15. The method of claim 13, where the first payment information includes information identifying the monetary account, and

where the first payment information, received by the server, is not provided to the first device.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving, via the first network, upon completion of the transaction, information identifying the completed transaction.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

storing, in a storage device of the server, information related to the portable communication device,

where the information related to the portable communication device includes identification information of a user of the portable communication device, information identifying the monetary account, and information identifying the second device,

where the identity information and the first payment information are sent to the second device based on the information related to the portable communication device; and

updating the information related to the portable communication device based on receiving the information identifying the completed transaction.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

sending, to the second device, information identifying the first device,

where the monetary account is debited further based on the information identifying the first device,

where the server is associated with a first entity, and

where the second device is associated with a second entity that is different from the first entity.

19. The method of claim 13, where the server is associated with a first entity,

where the first device is associated with a second entity that is different from the first entity,

where the second device is associated with a third entity that is different from the first entity and the second entity, and

where the portable communication device is associated with a fourth entity that is different from the first entity, the second entity, and the third entity.