US 2003/0195819 A1Published application

Moving value chain system and its method

OwnerKuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee +1inventors

InventorsKuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang

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Abstract

A moving value chain system is disclosed, which uses a remote ordering apparatus to order merchandise and/or service from a customer service center server wirelessly, which customer service center server in turn transmits the order data from the remote ordering apparatus to a contracted store through a network system, enabling the contracted store to provide merchandise and/or service subject to the order data. The system further includes an issuing bank, which provides an approval code to the customer service center server after verified the credit status of the credit card number corresponding to an addressed communication access number received from the customer service center server, enabling the user to use the credit card to order merchandise and to complete the transaction wirelessly on the real time.

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Dependent claims

A moving value chain system comprising:

at least one remote ordering apparatus, each remote ordering apparatus comprising an input device and a wireless communication apparatus, said input device being adapted for inputting an order data, said order data containing the item and quantity of the merchandise and/or service to be ordered, said wireless communication apparatus defining an addressed communication access number and being capable of sending out said addressed communication access number and said order data wirelessly;
a credit card network system, said credit card network system having connected thereto an issuing bank and a number of contracted stores, said issuing bank comprising an access number database and a credit database, said access number database having stored therein at least one addressed communication access number and a corresponding credit card number, said credit database having stored therein the credit status of said credit card number;
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a customer service center server connected to said credit card network system, and adapted to receive wireless log-in connection from the wireless communication apparatus of each of said at least one remote ordering apparatus, to receive and verify the addressed communication access number from the wireless communication apparatus of each of said at least one remote ordering apparatus and said order data and then to transmit said addressed communication access number to said issuing bank through said credit card network system, for enabling said issuing bank to search the corresponding credit card number from said access number database subject to said addressed communication access number and to check the credit status of said corresponding credit card number stored in said credit database, so that said issuing bank can provide an approval code to said customer service center server to request said contracted stores to provide the ordered merchandise and/or service.

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A moving value chain transaction method used in a moving value chain system, said moving value chain system comprising at least one remote ordering apparatus, an issuing bank, and a customer service center server, said issuing bank comprising an access number database and a credit database, said access number database having stored therein at least one addressed communication access number and the corresponding credit card number, said credit database having stored therein the credit status of said credit card number, said at least one remote ordering apparatus each comprising an addressed communication access number and being capable of sending the addressed communication access number thereof and an order data to said customer service center server wirelessly, said order data defining the item and quantity of the merchandise and/or service to be ordered, the moving value chain transaction method comprising the steps of:

(A) accepting wireless log-in connection;
(B) receiving and verifying said addressed communication access number and order data;
(C) transmitting said addressed communication access number to said issuing bank;
(D) searching the corresponding credit card number from said access number database subject to said addressed communication access number received in said step (B), verifying the credit status of said corresponding credit card number, and then sending back an approval code;
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(E) providing merchandise and/or service to complete the transaction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.