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IMS network providing purchasing sessions to mobile devices that are located proximate to a business

  • US 8,249,934 B2
  • Filed: 06/27/2007
  • Issued: 08/21/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • an application server of an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network, wherein the application server is associated with a business;

    the application server is adapted to receive a notification message from a location server indicating that a mobile device is located proximate to the business, to identify an advertisement related to the business, and to initiate transmission of the advertisement to the mobile device that is located proximate to the business;

    the application server is further adapted to receive a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) request from the mobile device to initiate an interactive purchase session between the mobile device and the application server responsive to a user of the mobile device selecting an icon associated with the advertisement;

    with the interactive purchase session established, the application server is further adapted to receive a purchase request from the mobile device to purchase an item from the business that was included in the advertisement, to facilitate the purchase of the item requested by the user of the mobile device based on payment information included with the purchase request, and to transmit a purchase response to the mobile device that includes receipt information for the purchase of the item; and

    the application server is further adapted to tear down the interactive purchase session after providing the receipt information to the mobile device.

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