Method for accessing a telecommunications service by means of an electronic address
First Claim
1. A method with which a telecommunication user can access a telecommunications service on a telecommunication network by means of a telecommunication terminal and an electronic address, comprising the following method steps:
- associating said electronic address with a telecommunication service;
associating said electronic address with an electronic page;
associating an electronic code embedded in an RFID element with said electronic page;
said telecommunication terminal reading said electronic code stored in said RFID element with an RFID reader device connected to or integrated in said telecommunication terminal;
accepting a password from the user for authenticating the user, wherein said password includes a portion of said electronic code or is derived therefrom;
verifying the password by said telecommunications terminal;
if and only if said password passes said verification, performing the steps of;
transmitting said electronic code from said telecommunications terminal over said telecommunication network to a name service-server,said name service-server replying to said telecommunications terminal with said electronic address of said electronic page corresponding to said electronic code.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed with which a telecommunication user can access a telecommunications service by means of a telecommunications terminal and an electronic address. The telecommunications user reads an electronic code (100) stored in an RFID element (1) by means of an RFID reader device (2), said electronic code (100) is transmitted to a name service server (6) over a telecommunications network (4), said name service server (6) replies with the electronic page address of a page corresponding to the code and that can be used to determine the electronic address, the electronic address is made available to the telecommunications terminal and said telecommunications service is accessed.
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29 Claims
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1. A method with which a telecommunication user can access a telecommunications service on a telecommunication network by means of a telecommunication terminal and an electronic address, comprising the following method steps:
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associating said electronic address with a telecommunication service; associating said electronic address with an electronic page; associating an electronic code embedded in an RFID element with said electronic page; said telecommunication terminal reading said electronic code stored in said RFID element with an RFID reader device connected to or integrated in said telecommunication terminal; accepting a password from the user for authenticating the user, wherein said password includes a portion of said electronic code or is derived therefrom; verifying the password by said telecommunications terminal; if and only if said password passes said verification, performing the steps of; transmitting said electronic code from said telecommunications terminal over said telecommunication network to a name service-server, said name service-server replying to said telecommunications terminal with said electronic address of said electronic page corresponding to said electronic code. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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an entity associated with an electronic address for supporting a payment transaction; a product with an RFID element in which an electronic code is stored, a mobile communication device connected to a packet-oriented communication network in which it is authorized, a communication server for connecting to said mobile communication device over said network; a name service-server connected to said network, wherein said electronic code is associated with an electronic page having at least one electronic address indicated as markup field, and at least one RFID reader device connected with or integrated in said mobile communication device and adapted for reading said electronic code, wherein said mobile device is adapted for sending said electronic code to said communication server, and wherein said communication server is adapted for utilizing said electronic code to obtain said electronic page from said name service server, and wherein said communication server is further adapted for providing said electronic address to said mobile communication device, and further wherein said mobile device includes an application for utilizing said electronic address from said page for automatically performing a payment transaction with the entity to which said electronic address has been associated, wherein the user is authenticated using a password including a portion of said electronic code or is derived therefrom such that said electronic page is obtained from said name service server if and only if said password is accepted from the user and said password is verified by the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method comprising the steps of:
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associating an electronic address with a telecommunication service provided by an entity; associating said electronic address with an electronic page; associating an electronic code embedded in an RFID element with said electronic page; accepting the electronic code read from said RFID element by a telecommunication device and transmitted over a telecommunication network; transmitting said electronic code over the telecommunication network to a name service-server; accepting a password from the telecommunication terminal for authentication, wherein said password includes a portion of said code or is derived using said code; if and only if the password is verified by the telecommunication terminal, said name service-server replying with the electronic page address of the electronic page corresponding to said electronic code and with which said electronic address is to be determined; determining said electronic address from said electronic page; transmitting the electronic address to said telecommunication terminal; and providing access to said telecommunication service based on said electronic address.
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Specification