Method and system for conducting commerce over a wireless communication network
Described herein is an enabling product that facilitates implementation of an m-commerce business solution. According to an embodiment of the present invention an m-commerce solution includes: a content provider or merchant site that provides products and goods to be purchased; a payment system allowing online authorization of funds to purchase the goods; and a wireless network for all customer interactions. Embodiments described herein perform at least one of the following three functions: 1) protocol conversions; 2) customer information reposing, and 3) payment authorization system interfacing.
1. A method for conducting mobile commerce comprising:
transmitting in a first language a request message for merchant website information from a mobile device;
receiving the request message in the first language at a platform and identifying the first language;
translating the request message at the platform from the first language to a second language that is recognizable by a merchant website;
communicating the translated request message in the second language from the platform to the merchant website;
receiving at the platform the requested merchant website information from the merchant website in the second language;
recognizing the second language at the platform;
parsing the requested merchant website information in the second language into translatable pieces;
translating the translatable pieces of the requested website information into the first language so as to form a reply message containing the requested merchant website information in the first language; and
transmitting the reply message to the mobile device;
transmitting a purchase request in response to the reply message in a first language to the platform;
receiving the purchase request in the first language at a platform and identifying the first language;
translating the purchase request at the platform from the first language to a second language that is recognizable by the merchant website;
communicating the translated purchase request in the second language from the platform to the merchant website;
receiving at the platform a purchase request response from the merchant website in the second language, wherein the purchase request response includes a payment authorization request;
forwarding the purchase request response in the second language from the platform to a payment authorization system for a payment authorization response;
receiving at the platform, the purchase request response, including the payment authorization response, in the second language from the payment authorization system;
parsing the purchase request response in the second language into translatable pieces;
translating the translatable pieces of the purchase request response into the first language so as to form a purchase request response in the first language; and
transmitting the purchase request response in the first language to the mobile device.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first language is a wireless language.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the wireless language is selected from the group consisting of wireless markup language (WML), handheld device mark-up language (HDML), Imode, and compact hypertext markup language (CHTML).
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second language is a web-based language.
5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the web-based language is selected from the group consisting of extensible markup language (XML), compact hypertext markup language (CHTML), extensible hypertext markup language (XHTML), and hypertext markup language (HTML).
6. A system for conducting mobile commerce comprising:
means for transmitting in a first language a request message for merchant website information from a mobile device;
means for receiving the request message in the first language at a platform and identifying the first language;
means for translating the request message at the platform from the first language to a second language that is recognizable by a merchant website;
means for communicating the translated request message in the second language from the platform to the merchant website;
means for receiving at the platform the requested merchant website information from the merchant website in the second language;
means for recognizing the second language at the platform;
means for parsing the requested merchant website information in the second language into translatable pieces;
means for translating the translatable pieces of the requested website information into the first language so as to form a reply message containing the requested merchant website information in the first language; and
means for transmitting the reply message to the mobile device;
means for transmitting a purchase request in response to the reply message in a first language to the platform;
means for receiving the purchase request in the first language at a platform and identifying the first language;
means for translating the purchase request at the platform from the first language to a second language that is recognizable by the merchant website;
means for communicating the translated purchase request in the second language from the platform to the merchant website;
means for receiving at the platform a purchase request response from the merchant website in the second language, wherein the purchase request response includes a payment authorization request;
means for forwarding the purchase request response in the second language from the platform to a payment authorization system for a payment authorization response;
means for receiving at the platform, the purchase request response,
including the payment authorization response, in the second language from the payment authorization system;
means for parsing the purchase request response in the second language into translatable pieces;
means for translating the translatable pieces of the purchase request response into the first language so as to form a purchase request response in the first language; and
means for transmitting the purchase request response in the first language to the mobile device.