×

Activating an account based on an SMS message

  • US 9,111,301 B2
  • Filed: 12/13/2011
  • Issued: 08/18/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A computer system for managing electronic transactions, comprising:

  • a server computer system including;

    a processor;

    a computer-readable medium connected to the processor;

    a network interface device connected to the processor; and

    a set of instructions on the computer-readable medium, the set of instructions being executable by the processor and including;

    a data store;

    a plurality of consumer accounts stored in the data store, each consumer account having a first pass code, wherein each consumer account includes a respective first consumer account identifier, at least some of the accounts being blacklisted;

    an issuer that issues each first pass code together with each first consumer account identifier of a respective consumer account and a short code, the first pass code and the short code being issued in a visible manner for a respective user to enter a respective first pass code as a respective second pass code in a respective SMS message and send the message to the short code before the respective account having the respective first pass code is unblacklisted and before a first phone number for the respective consumer account has been received;

    a data exchange module receiving the SMS message including the second pass code and the first phone number;

    a consumer account activation module identifying a selected one of the consumer accounts by matching the second pass code with a selected one of the first pass codes, the selected consumer account, before receiving the message, including the respective first consumer account identifier and being blacklisted, unblacklisting the selected consumer account, the unblacklisting being due to the matching of the second pass code with the first pass code and the receiving of the first phone number, and storing the first phone number as a second phone number in association with the selected first pass code of the selected consumer account;

    a communication and routing module that, after the user enters the first consumer account identifier as a second consumer account identifier, receives a charge request over the network interface device, the charge request including an amount and the the second consumer account identifier, and identifying a selected one of the consumer accounts by associating one of the first consumer account identifiers with the second consumer account identifier; and

    a transaction processing system that processes the charge request based on an account detail of the identified consumer account, the transaction processing system only processing the charge request due to the selected consumer account being unblacklisted.

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