Method guaranteeing payment for electronic commerce in particularly by mobile telephone and a system implementing it

1. A method of making an electronic payment by a customer to a retailer over a telecommunication network using a customer device, wherein the customer device stores a key of an operator of the telecommunication network and a key of a bank, said method comprising:

producing by the customer device a first certificate using the key of the operator of the telecommunication network;

producing by the customer device a second certificate using the key of the bank;

transmitting by the customer device, via the telecommunication network, the first certificate to the operator of the telecommunication network, and

storing by the customer device the second certificate in a secure location accessible only by the bank.

2. The electronic payment method according to claim 1 , wherein the certificates are produced by a smart card and the second certificate is stored within said smart card.

3. The electronic payment method according to claim 1 , wherein the second certificate is transmitted to the network operator, who stores it on a database under the control of and/or with the approval of only the financial organization.

4. The electronic payment method according to claim 3 , wherein the second certificate is sent to the financial organization by the network operator.

5. The electronic payment method according to claim 1 , wherein the payment is made by means of a mobile telephone.

6. The electronic payment method according to claim 5 , wherein:

the mobile telephone comprises a subscriber identification smart card, and

the network of the telecommunication network operator is equipped with an invoicing server,

said method including the following steps:

sending by the mobile telephone the two certificates to the telecommunication network operator, and

authenticating by the invoicing server the holder of the card from the first certificate and sending a payment authorization to the financial organization.

7. An electronic payment device for making an electronic payment by a customer to a retailer over a telecommunication network, said electronic payment device comprising:

means for storing a key of an operator of the telecommunication network;

means for storing a key of a bank;

means for producing a first certificate using the key of the operator of the telecommunication network;

means for producing a second certificate using the key of the bank;

means for transmitting the first certificate to the operator via the telecommunication network; and

means for storing the second certificate in a secure location accessible only by the bank.

8. The electronic payment device according to claim 7 , wherein said device comprises one of a microcomputer or a mobile telephone or a personal assistant.

9. The electronic payment device according to claim 7 , wherein said device comprises a secure medium with an electronic chip.

10. The electronic payment device according to claim 9 , wherein said electronic chip produces the certificates.

11. An invoicing server connected to a network of a telecommunication network operator for invoicing goods or at least one service supplied by a retailer to a customer performing at least one electronic transaction on the network by means of an electronic payment means, said invoicing server comprising:

means for receiving from the electronic payment means a certificate of the network operator and a certificate of a bank, the certificate of the network operator and the certificate of the bank being produced by the electronic payment means using a key of the operator of the telecommunication network and a key of the bank, respectively, at the time of the electronic transaction;

means for processing the transaction using the network operator certificate received from the electronic payment means; and

means for storing the certificate of the bank under the control of only the bank.