Consumer registration via mobile device

• US 9,749,839 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2015
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• 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:
  US14/602,911
• Publication Number:
  US 20150264555A1
• Time in Patent Office: 950 Days
• 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 an initial request from a mobile phone for a product, the initial request including a unique identifier;

automatically determining whether the unique identifier of the initial request corresponds to a purchase of the product or a promotion of the product;

when the unique identifier relates to the purchase of the product;

determining payment information associated with the initial request,

initiating payment processing for the initial request based on the payment information, and

automatically fulfilling the transaction; and

when the unique identifier relates to the promotion of the product;

automatically fulfilling the transaction.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining an address associated with the mobile phone user based on an origin of the initial request and wherein the step of automatically fulfilling the transaction when the unique identifier relates to the purchase of the product is based on the determined address.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the address is determined based on carrier account information for a carrier account associated with the origin of the initial request.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the payment information is determined based on a user account associated with the origin of the initial request.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the address is a physical address.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the initial request for the product is received via an interactive voice recognition system.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the payment information is determined from data processed via an interactive voice recognition system.

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

receiving an initial request from a mobile phone for a product, the initial request including a unique identifier;

automatically determining whether the unique identifier corresponds to a purchase of the product or a promotion of the product;

determining an address associated with the initial request, wherein the address is associated with the mobile phone;

when the unique identifier relates to the purchase of the product;

receiving payment information associated with the initial request;

automatically initiating payment processing for the initial request based on the payment information; and

automatically fulfilling the transaction based on the determined address; and

when the unique identifier relates to the promotion of the product;

automatically fulfilling the transaction.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the address is determined based on an origin of the initial request.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the address is determined based on carrier account information for a carrier account associated with the origin of the initial request.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the payment information is determined based on a user account associated with the origin of the initial request.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the address is a physical address.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the initial request for the product is received via an interactive voice recognition system.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the payment information is determined from data processed via an interactive voice recognition system.

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 an initial request from a mobile phone for a product, the initial request including a unique identifier;

automatically determining whether the unique identifier corresponds to a purchase of the product or a promotion of the product;

determining a physical address associated with the mobile phone user that is used to fulfill the purchase of the product;

when the initial request relates to the purchase of the product;

determining payment information associated with the initial request;

initiating payment processing for the initial request based on the payment information; and

automatically fulfilling the transaction based on the determined physical address; and

when the initial request relates to the promotion of the product;

automatically fulfilling the transaction.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the physical address is determined based on an origin of the initial request.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the physical address is determined based on carrier account information for a carrier account associated with the origin of the initial request.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the payment information is determined based on a user account associated with the origin of the initial request.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the step of automatically fulfilling the transaction when the initial request relates to a purchase of the product includes shipping the product to the physical address associated with the mobile phone user.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the initial request for the product is received via an interactive voice recognition system.