×

Gift card services for mobile devices

  • US 8,521,629 B2
  • Filed: 04/30/2009
  • Issued: 08/27/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A non-transitory computer program product storing instructions, which when executed, cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

  • receiving, by a wireless gift card server, first data characterizing a request to provide a merchant credit service to an intended recipient;

    determining a wireless messaging service with a largest message length supported by a mobile device associated with the intended recipient;

    generating, by the wireless gift card server, a message for the intended recipient, the message characterizing a phone number to call to authenticate activation of the merchant credit service, the message being transmitted to the intended recipient by the determined wireless messaging service;

    receiving, by the wireless gift card server, second data characterizing authentication by a call to the phone number to activate the merchant credit service from a mobile phone number of the intended recipient, the authentication comprising checking caller identification of the call to ensure the call is from the mobile phone number of the intended recipient; and

    activating, by the wireless gift card server, the merchant credit service.

View all claims
  • 3 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×