Point of sale email-based e-commerce

• US 9,996,862 B2
• Filed: 02/22/2013
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Swoop IP Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: @Pay IP Holdings LLC
• Inventors: Killoran, John P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Misiaszek, Michael
• Application Number:
  US13/774,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20140025522A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,936 Days
• Field of Search: 705 261- 272
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/027 involving a payment switch or gateway
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/325 using wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3255 using mobile network messaging services for payment, e.g. SMS
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

An e-commerce system includes a mobile device and a server. The mobile device produces or is configured to respond to an indicator of a product or service. The mobile device sends a first message to the server in response to the indicator. The mobile device receives a second message in response to the sent first message. The mobile device receives a user input based on the received second message. The mobile device sends a third message to a server in response to the user input. A user of the mobile device is provided the product or service based on the sent third message.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

producing, by a transceiver of a mobile device, an indicator of a product or service by selecting a link including a UUID associated with the product or service that initiates a first message;

in response to the indicator, sending, by the mobile device, a first Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) message to a server to obtain the product or service, the first SMTP message comprising an identifier associated with the product or service;

in response to the sent first SMTP message, receiving, by the mobile device, a second SMTP message, the second SMTP message including a destination address field including an email address of a user and a body field with a mailto link;

receiving an input from the user, by the mobile device, based on the mailto link in the second SMTP message to generate a third SMTP message; and

sending, by the mobile device, the third SMTP message to a point of sale server in response to the received user input, whereby the point of sale server sends identification information to an e-commerce system to obtain payment authentication, the identification information comprising at least on of a phone number, an email address, or a MAC address of the mobile device, wherein a database of the point of sale server stores financial information of the user, wherein the point of sale server is configured to complete a payment for the product or service from the stored financial information when the point of sale server receives the third SMTP message, wherein the user of the mobile device receives the product or service based on the sent third SMTP message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicator of the product or service is input by the user of the mobile device, wherein the indicator of the product or service is provided by scanning a bar code, QR code text or symbol of the product or service by the user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicator of the product or service is wirelessly received by the mobile device, wherein the first SMTP message includes an UUID associated with the product or service.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the user input is by a button input embedded in the second SMTP message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of a user input is a user replying to the second SMTP message.

6. A mobile device comprising:

a processor configured to provide an indicator of a product or service by selection of a link including a UUID associated with the product or service that initiates a first message;

the processor is further configured, in response to the indicator, to send a first Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) message to a server to obtain the product or service, wherein the first SMTP message comprises an identifier associated with the product or service;

the processor is further configured, in response to the sent first SMTP message, to receive a second SMTP message, wherein the second SMTP message includes a destination address field that indicates an email address of a user and a body field with a mailto link;

the processor is further configured to receive an input from the user based on the mailto link in the second SMTP message to generate a third SMTP message; and

the processor is further configured to send the third SMTP message to a point of sale server in response to the received user input, the point of sale server sending a communication to an e-commerce system to obtain payment authentication, wherein the communication is a phone number, an email address, or a MAC address of the mobile device, a database of the e-commerce system server stores financial information of the user, and wherein the point of sale server is configured to complete a payment for the product or service from the stored financial information when the point of sale server receives the third SMTP message, wherein the user of the mobile device receives the product or service based on the sent third SMTP message.

7. The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the sent first SMTP message and sent third SMTP message are sent using a transceiver.

8. The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the indicator of the product or service is input by a user of the mobile device, wherein the indicator of the product or service is provided by scanning a bar code, QR code text or symbol of the product or service by the user.

9. The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the indicator of the product or service is wirelessly received by a transceiver of the mobile device.

10. The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the receiving of the user input is by a button input embedded in the second SMTP message.

11. The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the receiving of a user input is a user replying to the second SMTP message.

12. A server system comprising:

a processor configured to receive a first Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) message from a mobile device and determine a product or service associated with the first SMTP message, the first SMTP message comprising an identifier associated with the product or service;

the processor is further configured to send a second SMTP message to the mobile device to authorize a transaction of the product or service, wherein the second SMTP message includes a destination address field that indicates an email address of a user and a body field with a mailto link;

the processor is further configured to receive a third SMTP message from the mobile device in response to the mailto link in the second SMTP message based on an input from the user; and

the processor is further configured to authorize the transaction, in response to the input from the user, based on the third SMTP message, the processor sending a communication to an e-commerce system to obtain payment authentication, the communication comprising at least one of a phone number, an email address or a MAC address of the mobile device, wherein the processor is further configured to store financial information of the user in a database, and complete a payment for the product or service from the stored financial information when the processor receives the third SMTP message.

13. The server system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to send a fourth SMTP message to a terminal to authorize the transaction.

14. The server system of claim 12, wherein the processor comprises a plurality of processors.

15. The server system of claim 12, wherein the server system comprises a plurality of servers.

16. The server system of claim 12, wherein the server system comprises a single server.

17. The server system of claim 12, wherein the sent second SMTP message includes a button for execution by the user of the mobile device.