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US 10,963,858 B2Granted
System and method for paying a merchant by a registered user using a cellular telephone account
AssigneePayfone, Inc.
InventorsMichael Brody, Rodger Desai, Sung Kim
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Abstract
A system and method allows users to make purchases utilizing a mobile subscriber account.
Claims39
A method of executing computer instructions on at least one device in which the at least one device includes at least one processor and at least one memory, comprising:
- fetching computer instructions from the at least one memory of the at least one device for execution on the at least one processor of the at least one device;
- executing the fetched computer instructions on the at least one processor of the at least one device;
- and storing in the at least one memory of the at least one device any results of having executed the fetched computer instructions on the at least one processor of the at least one device;
- wherein the computer instructions to be executed comprise instructions to at least authenticate a mobile subscriber that has previously been registered, wherein the executing the fetched computer instructions to at least authenticate the mobile subscriber further comprises:
- querying electronically via a network for a mobile account that has not been suspended or disabled and is associated with a mobile telephone number for the mobile subscriber.
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An apparatus comprising:
- one or more computer systems to execute computer instructions on at least one device in which the at least one device includes at least one processor and at least one memory;
- the at least one device to fetch computer instructions from the at least one memory of the at least one device for execution on the at least one processor of the at least one device;
- the at least one device to execute the fetched computer instructions on the at least one processor of the at least one device;
- and the at least one device to store in the at least one memory of the at least one device any results of having executed the fetched computer instructions on the at least one processor of the at least one device;
- wherein the computer instructions to be executed comprise computer instructions at least to authenticate a mobile subscriber that has previously been registered;
- the computer instructions further to:
- query electronically via a network for a mobile account that has not been suspended or disabled and is associated with a mobile telephone number for the mobile subscriber.
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An article comprising:
- non-transitory storage media having stored thereon computer instructions executable on at least one device in which the at least one device includes at least one processor and at least one memory;
- the at least one device to fetch the computer instructions from the at least one memory of the at least one device for execution on the at least one processor of the at least one device;
- the at least one device to execute the fetched computer instructions on the at least one processor of the at least one device;
- and the at least one device to store in the at least one memory of the at least one device any results of having executed the fetched computer instructions on the at least one processor of the at least one device;
- wherein the computer instructions to be executed comprise computer instructions at least to authenticate a mobile subscriber that has previously been registered;
- the computer instructions further to:
- query electronically via a network for a mobile account that has not been suspended or disabled and is associated with a mobile telephone number for the mobile subscriber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.