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US 2014/0236824 A1Published application
Method to detect and control unwanted outgoing payment services usage in smart devices
AssigneeTelefonica, S.A.
InventorsAntonio Manuel Amaya Calvo, Enrique Diaz Fernandez, Alejandro Becerra González
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Abstract
In the method of the invention an outgoing payment service is requested by an application running on a smart device and it comprises the development of specific software residing in said smart device and the mobile network to control and detect if said outgoing payment service has the corresponding authorization and can be executed or if it is part of a fraud.
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A method to detect and control unwanted outgoing payment services usage in smart devices, wherein an outgoing payment service is requested by an application running on a smart device, the method comprises
- attaching, an application developer, a first identifier number to said application;
- installing said application in said smart device;
- detecting, said smart device, that said application is requesting to access an outgoing payment service;
- generating, said smart device, a second identifier number from parameters obtained from said application;
- comparing, said smart device, said first and second identifier numbers and depending on the result of said comparison:
- allowing, said smart device, said request to access said outgoing payment service by generating an outgoing signal including said first identifier number and sending said outgoing signal to a network, or
- rejecting, said smart device, said request to access said outgoing payment service.
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