Telephonic payment processing method for online services

• US 9,785,927 B2
• Filed: 11/02/2007
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Persony, Inc. (Avaya Incorporated)
• Inventors: Chen, Shenchang Eric, Levitin, Herbert Samuel
• Primary Examiner(s): Obeid, Mamon
• Assistant Examiner(s): Oussir, El Mehdi
• Application Number:
  US11/934,735
• Publication Number:
  US 20080107248A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,630 Days
• Field of Search: 705 1466
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1235 with control of digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/10 Usage protection of distributed data files
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/12 Usage or charge determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/123 involving third party for collecting or distributing payments, e.g. clearinghouse
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25816 involving client authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06

Abstract

According to an embodiment, access to an online resource is enabled by associating a telephony number with a network resource that is made available at a network location, where network resource is protected so as to be inaccessible without access being provided for users individually. A particular user may be detected in initiating a telephony session using the number. Access to the network resource may be activated or authorized for the particular user in response to detecting the user initiating the telephony session.

Claims

1. A method for enabling access to an online service, the method comprising:

receiving, by a first microprocessor, based on a particular user interaction with a webpage, a selection of an online network resource, wherein the particular user interaction is from a user terminal;

associating, by the first microprocessor, a telephony number and a session code with the online network resource;

transmitting, by the first microprocessor, the telephony number and the session code to the user terminal;

detecting, by a second microprocessor, that the particular user has initiated a voice telephony session using the telephony number;

determining, by the second microprocessor, that the telephony number is associated with the online network resource;

receiving, by the second microprocessor, the session code in the voice telephony session;

authenticating, by the second microprocessor, the session code;

activating, by the second microprocessor, access to the online network resource, in the voice telephony session, for the particular user, in response to authenticating the session code;

detecting, by the second microprocessor, that the source telephony session has ended; and

in response to detecting that the voice telephony session has ended, disabling, by the second microprocessor, access to the online network resource; and

accruing, by the second microprocessor, a cost to the particular user for activating access to the voice telephony session based at least in part on a duration of the voice telephony session.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting, from data provided by the online network resource and during the voice telephony session, the particular user for which access to the online network resource is to be activated.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the detected data corresponds to a personal identifier associated with the particular user that is entered by the particular user during the voice telephony session.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising accruing a cost to the particular user for activating access to the voice telephony session based at least in part on the telephony number called by the particular user and the session code entered by the particular user.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the telephony number and the session code on the user terminal that also provides access to the online network resource.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein a combination of the telephony number and the session code is specific to one of (i) the online network resource, (ii) the terminal, or (iii) the particular user.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting that the particular user is viewing content of the online network resource; and

providing one or more voice messages, via the voice telephony session, based on the content the particular user is viewing of the online network resource.

7. A system for enabling access to an online network resource, the system comprising:

a first processor enabled server, wherein the first processor enabled server;

receives, based on a particular user interaction with a webpage, a selection of an online network resource, wherein the particular user interaction is from a user terminal;

associates a telephony number and a session code with the online network resource; and

transmits the telephony number and the session code to the user terminal; and

a second processor enabled server, wherein the second processor enabled server;

detects that the particular user has initiated a voice telephony session using the telephony number;

determines that the telephony number is associated with the online network resource;

receives the session code in the voice telephony session;

authenticates the session code;

activates access to the online network resource, in the voice telephony session, for the particular user, in response to authenticating the session code;

detects that the voice telephony session has ended; and

in response to detecting that the voice telephony session has ended, disables access to the online network resource;

performs one of (i) accruing compensatory value from the particular user placing the voice telephony session, or (ii) playing a commercial message to the particular user during the voice telephony session.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the one or more modules display, or communicate data for display, corresponding to the telephony number.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more modules determine the particular user by identifying the session code during the voice telephony session.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the identity of the particular user is communicated to a service provider to enable the service provider to identify the voice telephony session of the particular user that is to have access to the online network resource.

11. A method for generating compensatory value for providing access to an online network resource, the method comprising:

assigning, by a first microprocessor, a telephony number and a session code to the online network resource;

receiving, by a first microprocessor, based on a particular user interaction with a web page, a selection of an online network resource, wherein the particular user interaction is from a user terminal;

associating, by the first microprocessor, the session code with the user terminal;

transmitting, by the first microprocessor, the telephony number and the session code to the user terminal;

determining, by a second microprocessor, that the telephony number has been used to establish a voice telephony session between the particular user and a payment service provider;

receiving, by the second microprocessor, the session code in the voice telephony session;

authenticating, by the second microprocessor, the session code;

activating, by the second microprocessor, access to the online network resource, in the voice telephony session, for the particular user, in response to authenticating the session code;

detecting, by the second microprocessor, that the source telephony session has ended;

in response to detecting that the voice telephony session has ended, by the second microprocessor, access to the online network resource; and

performing, by the second microprocessor, one of (i) accruing compensatory value from the particular user placing the voice telephony session, or (ii) playing a commercial message to the particular user during the voice telephony session.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein accruing compensatory value from the particular user is based in part on accruing for the voice telephony session as a long distance charge.