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Paid instant message system and method for authenticating identities using a mobile telephone network

  • US 9,402,178 B2
  • Filed: 02/21/2013
  • Issued: 07/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A paid instant message system that authenticates identities using a mobile telephone network, said system comprising:

  • a message server, cell phones of different users, mobile telephone networks of cell phones of different users, wherein, said message server is communicatively connected to each mobile telephone network and comprises a server end software for instant messaging, so that the cell phone of each user accesses the message server through a mobile telephone network to perform instant messaging;

    the message server comprises a user account of each user, each user account is associated with an identity by which the cell phone of said user accesses the mobile telephone network; and

    an instant messaging application is installed in the cell phone of a user, and the cell phone accesses the message server through said instant messaging application via the mobile telephone network to perform instant messaging with cell phones of other users, and each user account includes a specified charge, when a user uses the instant messaging application of the cell phone to transmit a message to other cell phones through the message server, the user of a cell phone sending the message pays the user of the cell phone receiving the message a fee specified by the charge in the user account of a receiver, so as to prevent junk messages from being transmitted to users through instant messaging by means of a paying and charging mechanism via instant messages;

    wherein said fee is charged by the message server to a bank account of the user of the cell phone sending the messages and is paid into the bank account of the user of the cell phone receiving the messages after a commission charge having been deducted therefrom,wherein the user sets a charge to the message server through the instant messaging application in the cell phone before a user'"'"'s cell phone receives instant messages from other cell phones based on a specific group of steps A as follows;

    A1;

    the user of the cell phone sending the message, using the instant messaging application of the cell phone to transmit a request for message transmission to the message server via the mobile telephone network, said request for message transmission including such content as relevant information of the user of the cell phone receiving the message;

    A2;

    the message server transmitting identity information of a sender to the cell phone of the receiver via a mobile telephone network according to the content of the request for message transmission to request the receiver to prepare to receive the message;

    A3;

    the receiver learning an identity of the sender by checking the received message using the instant messaging application in the cell phone, and using the instant messaging application in the cell phone to transmit the charge to the message server via the mobile telephone network if the receiver agrees to receive the message;

    A4;

    the message server receiving the charge transmitted from the receiver and transmitting said charge to the cell phone of the sender via the mobile telephone network;

    A5;

    the sender transmitting the instant message that needs to be transmitted to the receiver to the message server via the mobile telephone network using the instant messaging application in the cell phone if a payment is agreed;

    A6;

    the message server transmitting said instant message to the cell phone of the receiver via the mobile telephone network;

    A7;

    when the receiver opens said instant message using the instant messaging application of the receiver'"'"'s cell phone, the instant messaging application of said cell phone marking said instant message as being read already, which means that said instant message has been read in the cell phone of the receiver, and reporting a latest status of said instant message to the message server; and

    A8;

    the message server storing the latest status of said instant message in a message transmission state records of the user accounts of the sender and the receiver, respectively, and performing charging and paying operations according to the message transmission status record of the user'"'"'s account when settling the accounts.

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