US 10,205,721 B2Granted

System and method for distributing personal identification numbers over a computer network

AssigneeEWI Holdings, Inc.

InventorsMiles Paschini, Marshall Rose

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Abstract

The present invention comprises a system and method for providing a personal identification number (PIN) to a client terminal over a computer network. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a host connection manager receives a request for a PIN, which is associated with a particular monetary value. The host connection manager transmits the request for the PIN to a server, and the host connection manager receives the PIN from the server. In addition, the host connection manager is adapted to receive a client request indicative of the particular monetary value. The client request is generated at the client terminal and is transmitted from the client terminal to the host connection manager. In response to the client request, the host connection manager sends the PIN associated with the particular monetary value to the client terminal.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A method of distributing a personal identification number (PIN) from a remote server to a client terminal, the method being performed on a first remote server which is coupled to the client terminal via a host connection manager and which is in operative communication with a second remote server, the first remote server having a processor running software which causes the first remote server perform the method, the method comprising:

receiving, by the first remote server, a request for a PIN from the host connection manager, wherein the PIN is associated with a particular monetary value;
determining, by the first remote server, an inability to fulfill the request for the PIN using a database of the first remote server containing an inventory of PINs;
requesting, by the first remote server, a second remote server inventory's PIN associated with the particular monetary value from the second remote server;
receiving, by the first remote server, in response to the request for the second remote server inventory's PIN, the second remote server inventory's PIN associated with the particular monetary value from the second remote server;
sending, by the first remote server, the second remote server inventory's PIN associated with the particular monetary value to the client terminal via the host connection manager;
receiving, by the host connection manager, a client request generated and transmitted from the client terminal via a first network in accordance with a first communication protocol, said client request indicative of the particular monetary value;
generating, by the host connection manager, the request for the PIN in response to the receiving of the client request by the host connection manager;
transmitting, by the host connection manager, the request for the PIN to the first remote server via a second network in accordance with a second communication protocol, wherein the host connection manager transforms the client request from the first communication protocol into the second communication protocol;
receiving, by the host connection manager, the second remote server inventory's PIN from the first remote server;
and
sending, by the host connection manager, the second remote server inventory's PIN to the client terminal.

8 more elements

A system for providing a personal identification number (PIN) from a remote server to a user, comprising:

a first remote server coupled to a client terminal via a host connection manager and coupled to a second remote server, the first remote server having a database containing an inventory of PINs associated with a plurality of available products and services, the first remote server having a processor running software which causes the first remote server to:
receive a request for a PIN from the host connection manager, wherein the PIN is associated with a particular monetary value;
determine, by the first remote server, an inability to fulfill the request for the PIN using the database of the first remote server;
request from a second remote server a second remote server inventory's PIN associated with the particular monetary value;
receive, by the first remote server, the second remote server inventory's PIN from the second remote server;
transmit the second remote server inventory's PIN to the client terminal via the host connection manager in response to the request for the PIN, wherein the host connection manager is coupled, via a first network, to the first remote server and coupled, via a second network, to the client terminal, the host connection manager configured to:
generate the request for the PIN, wherein the PIN is associated with a particular monetary value;
transmit the request for the PIN via the first network from the host connection manager to the first remote server in accordance with a first communication protocol;
receive the second remote server inventory's PIN front the first remote server;
and
send, via the second network, the second remote server inventory's PIN to the client terminal in response to receiving a client request from the client terminal via the second network in accordance with a second communication protocol, wherein the first communication protocol requires different formatting from the second communication protocol, wherein the client request is indicative of the particular monetary value.

8 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/821,815Filed 9 Apr 2004 · continuation in part
Priority: 10 Dec 2002
Published: US 2005/0008132 A113 Jan 2005
Granted: 12 Feb 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

H04L 63/0853
For authentication of entities: using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal
H04M 15/00
Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication
H04M 17/00
Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems
H04M 17/103
Account details or usage: using SIMs or calling cards

Family

Application10/316,603Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 10 Dec 2002
US 2005/0008132 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 Jan 2005
US 7,522,716 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2003/0095646 A1Published application
US 10,205,721 B2This patent

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