Method for purchasing a service

• US 20040249714A1
• Filed: 07/22/2004
• Published: 12/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SKIDATA AG (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: SKIDATA AG (Thales SA)
• Inventors: Ponert, Gregor
• Application Number:
  US10/482,091
• Publication Number:
  US 20040249714A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/15
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/326 Payment applications installed on the mobile devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/10 Movable barriers with registering means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0014 for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00 meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity G07F15/00

Abstract

For purchasing a service, especially an access authorization, by way of a mobile data terminal on a service or access terminal (6) a plurality of reservation terminals (2) for short-range wireless data transmission are established. In order to reserve a service, a link (3) between the mobile data terminal (4) and one of the reservation terminals (2) is established and the service is reserved using the data terminal (4). The reserved service is deposited either by data transfer (12) from the reservation terminal (2) to the data terminal (4) or after a transfer (14) of data for the identification of the data terminal (4) from the data terminal (4) to the reservation terminal (2) on the service terminal (6) or a data service (15) so as to purchase the service, that is for example to gain access.

Claims

1. A method for acquiring a service, in particular an access authorization, with a mobile data terminal (4) on a service terminal (6) having a reading device (7), characterized in that a plurality of booking terminals (2) are provided for wireless data transfer in the near zone with the data terminal (4), for booking the service a connection (3) is set up between the mobile data terminal (4) and one of the booking terminals (2) and the service is booked with the mobile data terminal (4), whereby either the booked service is deposited as coded information by data transfer (12) on the mobile data terminal (4) and transferred from the booking terminal (2) to the service terminal (6) or a data server (15) connected to the service terminal (6) and stored there, or after a transfer (14) of data for identification of the mobile data terminal (4) from the mobile data terminal (4) to the booking terminal (2) the identification data of the data terminal (4) are transferred together with the booked service to the service terminal (6) or the data server (15) connected thereto and stored there, whereby after the coded information deposited on the mobile data terminal (4) or the identification data of the mobile data terminal (4) are read by the reading device (7) on the service terminal (6) the booked service is enabled.

2. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the service is selected before booking with the mobile data terminal (4).

3. A method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the mobile data terminal (4) communicates with the service terminal (6) for acquisition of the service via the same transfer medium as for data transfer (12, 14) with the booking terminal (2).

4. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that a radio link or IR link is used as a transfer medium.

5. A method according to claim 4, characterized in that a radio link according to the Bluetooth standard is used.

6. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the mobile data terminal (4) has a keyboard (9) or speech control for setting up and controlling the connection (3) with the booking terminal (2).

7. A method according to claim 2, characterized in that the mobile data terminal has a display (11) for showing the services bookable via the booking terminal (2).

8. A method according to claim 5, characterized in that a Bluetooth connection is provided and the bookable services are shown via W AP.