Consumer registration via mobile device

• US 8,948,733 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2013
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ShopText Incorporated
• Original Assignee: ShopText Incorporated
• Inventors: Roberts, Steven C.
• Primary Examiner(s): WYCHE, MYRON
• Application Number:
  US13/933,497
• Publication Number:
  US 20130295893A1
• Time in Patent Office: 581 Days
• Field of Search: 455/403, 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/414.1, 455/415, 455/419, 455/426.1, 455/435.1
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4014 Identity check for transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/45 Network directories; Name-to-address mapping
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments provide systems and methods to receive a transmission that is associated with an identification number and includes a number associated with a land line, determine a physical address based on the number associated with the land line, confirm the physical address that was determined, and associate the physical address with a user account, the user account being identified by the identification number.

Claims

1. A method of processing a transaction via a mobile communication network, the method being performed by one or more processors and comprising:

receiving a request to process a transaction, the request being directed to a common short code (CSC) and including an unique identifier associated with a consumer product;

in response to receiving the request, determining whether the request corresponds to a purchase of the consumer product or a promotion of the consumer product based on the unique identifier;

determining a user account associated with the request based on a mobile phone number from which the request was sent;

determining an address associated with the request;

when the request corresponds to a purchase of the consumer product;

determining payment information associated with the request based on the determined user account;

initiating payment processing for the transaction based on the determined payment information, and

fulfilling the transaction based on the determined address; and

when the request corresponds to a promotion of the consumer product, initiating shipment of the promotional product to the determined address.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the address is determined based on carrier account information for a carrier account associated with a mobile device from which the request to process the transaction was received.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the address is determined based on a land line number.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the address is determined from the user account.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the payment information is determined based on a message sent to the CSC.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the payment information is determined based on the user account.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication network includes at least one of:

a short message service, an enhanced message service, a multimedia message service, an electronic mail service, an instant messaging service, or a web service.

8. A system for processing a transaction via a mobile communication network, the system comprising:

a memory device that stores a set of instructions;

at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to perform the following operations;

receiving a request to process a transaction, the request being directed to a common short code (CSC) and including an unique identifier associated with a consumer product;

in response to receiving the request, determining whether the request corresponds to a purchase of the consumer product or a promotion of the consumer product based on the unique identifier;

determining a user account associated with the request based on a mobile phone number from which the request was sent;

determining an address associated with the request;

when the request corresponds to a purchase of the consumer product;

determining payment information associated with the request based on the determined user account;

initiating payment processing for the transaction based on the determined payment information, and

fulfilling the transaction based at least in part on the determined address; and

when the request corresponds to a promotion of the consumer product, initiating shipment of the promotional product to the determined address.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the address is determined based on carrier account information for a carrier account associated with a mobile device from which the request to process the transaction was received.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the address is determined based on a land line number.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the address is determined from the user account.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the payment information is determined based on a message sent to the CSC.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the payment information is determined based on the user account.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the mobile communication network includes at least one of:

a short message service, an enhanced message service, a multimedia message service, an electronic mail service, an instant messaging service, or a web service.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions executable by at least one processor of one or more computers, the set of instructions causing the one or more computers to perform the following operations:

receiving a request to process a transaction, the request being directed to a common short code (CSC) and including an unique identifier associated with a consumer product;

in response to receiving the request, determining whether the request corresponds to a purchase of the consumer product or a promotion of the consumer product based on the unique identifier;

determining a user account associated with the request based on a mobile phone number from which the request was sent;

determining an address associated with the request;

when the request corresponds to a purchase of the consumer product;

determining payment information associated with the request based on the determined user account;

initiating payment processing for the transaction based on the determined payment information, and

fulfilling the transaction based on the determined address; and

when the request corresponds to a promotion of the consumer product, initiating shipment of the promotional product to the determined address.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the address is determined based on carrier account information for a carrier account associated with a mobile device from which the request to process the transaction was received.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the address is determined based on a land line number.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the address is determined from the user account.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the payment information is determined based on a message sent to the CSC.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the payment information is determined based on the user account.

21. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the mobile communication network includes at least one of:

a short message service, an enhanced message service, a multimedia message service, an electronic mail service, an instant messaging service, or a web service.