Patent · US Expired

Method for making a payment secure

US6847816B1 · kind B1 · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 16, 2000
Grant dateJan 25, 2005
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Expiry dateNov 16, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W12/069
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mobile telephone is equipped with a smart-card reader to aid in universal payment by smart card. A security checking circuit of the mobile telephone is provided with a complementary function by which the mobile telephone can behave like a secured smart-card reader with a view to payment. Smart-card payments are facilitated by disassociating an act of payment from an act of purchase which can be done by any means, in particular through the internet.

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