Silent SMS triggering for mobile billing at a billing server
US9633341B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 16, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 25, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 16, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/24
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention provides a method of processing transactions with a billing server, including receiving, with the billing server, a transaction request API call from a merchant computer including a msisdn, transmitting, with the billing server, a transaction request response to the merchant computer in response to the transaction request API call, including a transmission ID, receiving, with the billing server, a payment authorization text message from a consumer device at the msisdn including a transaction ID, determining, with the billing server, a match between the transaction ID in the text message with the transaction ID in the transaction request response and if a match is determined between the transaction ID's, transmitting, with the billing server, a charge request to a carrier server to charge an account on the carrier server corresponding to the msisdn.
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