System and method for conducting an electronic commercial transaction
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorNicholas P. Alfano
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Abstract
A method for conducting an e-commerce transaction between a user and a merchant is disclosed. The user has a customer account with a communication provider operating a first communication network. The customer account includes personal information about the user. The method includes the steps of: a) establishing communication between the user and the communication provider over the first communication network; b) authenticating the user to the communication provider; c) selecting a product from the merchant for the e-commerce transaction; d) retrieving the personal information about the user from the customer account; and e) completing the e-commerce transaction.
Claims31
A method for conducting an e-commerce transaction between a user and a merchant, the user having a customer account with a communication provider operating a first communication network, the customer account having personal information about the user therein, the method comprising:
- a) establishing communication between the user and the communication provider over the first communication network;
- b) authenticating the user to the communication provider;
- c) selecting a product from the merchant for the e-commerce transaction;
- d) retrieving the personal information about the user from the customer account;
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- e) completing the e-commerce transaction.
A method for conducting an e-commerce transaction between a user and a merchant, the user having a customer account with a communication provider operating a first communication network, the customer account having personal information about the user therein, the user being authenticated by the communication provider, the method comprising:
- a) selecting a product from the merchant for the e-commerce transaction;
- b) retrieving the personal information about the user from the customer account;
- and
- c) completing the e-commerce transaction.
A system for conducting an e-commerce transaction comprising:
- a) a mobile device adapted for operation by a user;
- b) a wireless network adapted for communication with the mobile device, the wireless network being operated by a communication provider, the user having a customer account with the communication provider, the customer account comprising personal information about the user;
- c) a credential verification server adapted for access to the personal information;
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- d) a merchant server adapted for communication with the credential verification server via the Internet;
- wherein, upon request from the merchant server, the credential verification server is adapted to provide the personal information from the customer account to the merchant server to complete the e-commerce transaction.
A computer readable medium including a computer program that conducts an e-commerce transaction between a user and a merchant, the user having a customer account with a communication provider operating a first communication network, the customer account having personal information about the user therein, the computer program causing the computer to perform the steps of:
- a) establishing communication between the user and the communication provider over the first communication network;
- b) authenticating the user to the communication provider;
- c) selecting a product from the merchant for the e-commerce transaction;
- d) retrieving the personal information about the user from the customer account;
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- e) completing the e-commerce transaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.