Method of assigning value codes
View Patent ↗Method for distribution of value codes configured to be cashed in to obtain credit for services subject to charges. The value codes are generated and stored in a database of a value code issuer. A value code is ordered by a customer through transmission of order data, containing at least one monetary amount value, via an order channel, to the value code issuer. A delivery number, linked in the database with the value code, is transmitted via a delivery channel to the customer, and the receipt of the transmitted delivery number is confirmed by the customer through transmission of at least one part of the delivery number via a confirmation channel to the value code issuer. A value, linked in the database to the monetary amount value, is transmitted via a delivery channel to the customer, and a monetary amount value corresponding to at least the monetary amount value linked to the confirmed value code is charged to the customer.
1. A method for distributing value codes configured to be cashed in to obtain credit for services subject to charges, comprising the steps of:
a customer ordering a value code by transmitting order data via an order channel to a value code issuer, the order data containing at least one monetary amount value;
the value code issuer receiving the order data from the order channel and transmitting a delivery number to the customer via a delivery channel;
the customer receiving the transmitted delivery number and confirming the receipt thereof by transmitting at least part of the delivery number via a confirmation channel to the value code issuer;
the value code issuer receiving the customer confirmation from the confirmation channel and transmitting the value code to the customer via the delivery channel, the transmitted value code being linked in a database with the monetary amount value by the value code issuer; and
charging a monetary amount value corresponding to at least the monetary amount value linked to the confirmed value code to the customer.
2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising linking the delivery number in the database with the transmitted value code.
3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the customer confirming receiving the transmitted value code by transmitting confirmation data to the value code issuer via the confirmation channel before changing the monetary amount value to the customer.
4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising activating the confirmed value code in the database only after receiving the respective confirmation.
5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the confirmation data contains at least part of the value code.
6. The method according to the claim 3 , wherein the order data contains customer billing information indicating how the costs for an ordered value code are to be charged to the customer.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the order data contains indications as to how an ordered value code is to be transmitted to the customer.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the order channel and the delivery channel comprise a telecommunications network.
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the order channel corresponds to the delivery channel.
10. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the confirmation channel corresponds to at least one of the order channel or the delivery channel.