Consumer registration via mobile device
AssigneeShopText, Inc.
InventorSteven C. Roberts
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments provide systems and methods to receive a transmission that is associated with an identification number and includes a number associated with a land line, determine a physical address based on the number associated with the land line, confirm the physical address that was determined, and associate the physical address with a user account, the user account being identified by the identification number.
Claims21
A method of processing a transaction via a mobile communication network, the method being performed by one or more processors and comprising:
- receiving a request to process a transaction, the request being directed to a common short code (CSC) and including an unique identifier associated with a consumer product;
- in response to receiving the request, determining whether the request corresponds to a purchase of the consumer product or a promotion of the consumer product based on the unique identifier;
- determining a user account associated with the request based on a mobile phone number from which the request was sent;
- determining an address associated with the request;
- when the request corresponds to a purchase of the consumer product:
- determining payment information associated with the request based on the determined user account;
- initiating payment processing for the transaction based on the determined payment information, and
- fulfilling the transaction based on the determined address;
- and
- when the request corresponds to a promotion of the consumer product, initiating shipment of the promotional product to the determined address.
A system for processing a transaction via a mobile communication network, the system comprising:
- a memory device that stores a set of instructions;
- at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to perform the following operations:
- receiving a request to process a transaction, the request being directed to a common short code (CSC) and including an unique identifier associated with a consumer product;
- in response to receiving the request, determining whether the request corresponds to a purchase of the consumer product or a promotion of the consumer product based on the unique identifier;
- determining a user account associated with the request based on a mobile phone number from which the request was sent;
- determining an address associated with the request;
- when the request corresponds to a purchase of the consumer product:
- determining payment information associated with the request based on the determined user account;
- initiating payment processing for the transaction based on the determined payment information, and
- fulfilling the transaction based at least in part on the determined address;
- and
- when the request corresponds to a promotion of the consumer product, initiating shipment of the promotional product to the determined address.
A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions executable by at least one processor of one or more computers, the set of instructions causing the one or more computers to perform the following operations:
- receiving a request to process a transaction, the request being directed to a common short code (CSC) and including an unique identifier associated with a consumer product;
- in response to receiving the request, determining whether the request corresponds to a purchase of the consumer product or a promotion of the consumer product based on the unique identifier;
- determining a user account associated with the request based on a mobile phone number from which the request was sent;
- determining an address associated with the request;
- when the request corresponds to a purchase of the consumer product:
- determining payment information associated with the request based on the determined user account;
- initiating payment processing for the transaction based on the determined payment information, and
- fulfilling the transaction based on the determined address;
- and
- when the request corresponds to a promotion of the consumer product, initiating shipment of the promotional product to the determined address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.