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Method and arrangement for transaction processing in connection with mobile telecommunication

AssigneeComptel Oy

InventorsTuija Rinne, Matti Salonen

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Abstract

A method in a telecommunications system, in which there are at least three parties involved in the system's exploitation, namely at least one service provider capable of providing services for at least one user, and at least one operator responsible for the operation of the telecommunications system, wherein payable services delivered to an authorized and authenticated user are identified, and in which system each service transaction as well as the user are identified. The definition of the transaction flow is done on the basis of at least one predefined transaction rule and the parties involved are allowed to dynamically alter the function of at least one of the rules and/or the execution order of multiple rules for creating a flexible transaction flow.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A computer controlled online transaction mediation method in a computerized telecommunications system, said method comprising:

carrying out a transaction, according to a transaction flow formed by steps, between an authorized and authenticated user and a service provider during an active authenticated telecommunications session operated by at least one operator of the computerized telecommunications system,
wherein the transaction flow for each transaction comprises at least one transaction rule, wherein each transaction rule can be affected by at least one attribute, and wherein each attribute is selected from the group consisting of content attributes, functional attributes, update attributes and system configuration attributes, and
modifying at least one attribute which effects the function and/or the execution order of steps of the transaction flow of the transaction,
wherein the authorized and authenticated user, the service provider and the operator are all capable of dynamically modifying said at least one attribute.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/497,601Filed 2 Dec 2002
Priority: FI 200124065 Dec 2001
Published: US 2005/0015346 A120 Jan 2005
Granted: 8 Oct 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

H04L 63/0807
For authentication of entities: using tickets, e.g. Kerberos
G06Q 20/02
Payment architectures, schemes or protocols: involving a neutral party, e.g. certification authority, notary or trusted third party [TTP]
G06Q 20/04
Payment architectures, schemes or protocols: payment circuits
G06Q 20/367
Using electronic wallets or electronic money safes: involving electronic purses or money safes