Transmission of authorization information
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to a method for utilizing a mobile station for the transmission of authorization information requiring verification in a telecommunication network comprising the mobile station. In the method, the information to be verified is transmitted to the mobile station, the authorization information transmitted is presented on the display of the mobile station, the authorization information presented is read from the display of the mobile station, and the authenticity of the authorization information thus read is verified. According to the invention, the authorization information is sent in a form comprising information to be presented in a graphic form, and the authorization information is presented on the display of the mobile station using a user-independent function of the mobile station in question for the presentation of graphic information.
1. A method, comprising:
providing graphic information indicating a purchase to be verified from a first device to a mobile station after the purchase;
receiving the graphic information to be verified at the mobile station at a second device, wherein the first device is different from the second device; and
providing a verification result to the mobile station from the first device based on the graphic information received at the second device, wherein the verification result indicates a verification status of the purchase.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the graphic information is received by the second device from a display of the mobile station.
3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
utilizing a subscriber number of the mobile station as identification data.
4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: providing a predetermined identifier to a second device as part of authorization information.
5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
using an operator logo function of the mobile station as the graphic information.
6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
using a WAP wireless application protocol Push function to provide the graphic information to the mobile station.
7. A system, comprising:
means for providing graphic information indicating a purchase to be verified, wherein the graphic information is provided from a first device after the purchase;
means for receiving the graphic information to be verified at a second device, wherein the first device is different from the second device; and
means for providing a verification result from the first device based on the graphic information received at the second device, wherein the verification result indicates a verification status of the purchase.
8. The system according to claim 7 , further comprising means for displaying the graphic information to be verified to the second device.
9. The system according to claim 7 , further comprising a means for utilizing a subscriber number of a mobile station as identification data.
10. The system according to claim 7 , further comprising a means for providing a predetermined identifier to the second device as part of authorization information.
11. The system according to claim 7 , further comprising a means for using an operator logo function of a mobile station as the graphic information.
12. The system according to claim 7 , further comprising a means for using a wireless application protocol Push function to provide the graphic information.
13. An article of manufacture comprising: a machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which, if executed, result in a processor authorizing information, by:
receiving graphic information indicating a purchase to be verified from a first device after the purchase;
providing the graphic information to be verified to a second device, wherein the first device is different from the second device; and
receiving a verification result from the first device based on the providing the graphic information to the second device, wherein the verification result indicates a verification status of the purchase.
14. The article of manufacture according to claim 13 , wherein the instructions, if executed, further result in providing a subscriber number of a mobile station as identification data.
15. The article of manufacture according to claim 13 , wherein the instructions, if executed, further result in providing a predetermined identifier to the second device as part of authorization information.
16. The article of manufacture according to claim 13 , wherein the graphic information comprises an operator logo function.
17. The article of manufacture according to claim 13 , wherein a wireless application protocol Push function is used to receive the graphic information.