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OwnerWilliam Huguet, Famory Toure +1inventors
InventorsWilliam Huguet, Famory Toure, Francois Reynes
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A method enabling a mobile communication terminal (1) belonging to an operator's network to access a service such as push mail, which method comprises a step of creating a request from the mobile communication terminal (1) intended for a payment server (2), a step of identifying that terminal (1) and the service requested by that terminal, a step of querying a user database (3) in order to determine whether the identified terminal benefits from prepayment for the requested service, and a step of sending the mobile terminal (1) at least one piece of information about the user's account for the requested prepaid service, the communication between the terminal (1) and the payment server (2) being carried out using an http(s) protocol, with the payment server (2) querying said database (3) and transmitting the information about the user's account in XML language.
A method enabling a mobile communication terminal (1) belonging to an operator's network to access and edit data about an account within a prepaid service supported by said network, which method comprises a step of creating a request from the mobile communication terminal (1) intended for a payment server (2), a step of identifying that terminal (1) and the service requested by that terminal, a step of querying a user database (3) in order to determine whether the identified terminal benefits from prepayment for the requested service, and a step of sending the mobile terminal (1) at least one piece of information about the user's account for the requested prepaid service, the communication between the terminal (1) and the payment server (2) being carried out using an http(s) protocol, with the payment server (2) querying said database (3) and transmitting the information about the user's account in XML language.
A communication system, comprising a mobile communication terminal (1) belonging to an operator's network, a payment server (2) and a user database (3), which system is characterized in that the terminal (1) comprises means of creating a request intended for said payment server (2), the server (2) comprising means of identifying that terminal and a prepaid service requested by that terminal, the server (2) further comprising means of querying the user database (3) in order to determine whether the identified terminal benefits from prepayment for the requested service, the server (2) comprising means for sending the mobile terminal (1) at least one piece of information about the user's account for the requested prepaid service, the communication between the terminal and the payment server (2) being carried out using an HTTP protocol, with the payment server (2) querying said database (3) and transmitting the information about the user's account in XML language.
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