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 verifying device configured to verify transactions, the verifying device comprising:
a processor;
a receiver communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the receiver is configured to receive information corresponding to a transaction to be verified from a mobile station; and
a transmitter communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit a request to a first device for a verification result based on the information received from the mobile station, wherein the verification result indicates a verification status of the transaction,
wherein the receiver is further configured to receive the verification result from the first device, and wherein the first device is configured to provide the verification result to the mobile station.
2. The verifying device of claim 1 , wherein the receiver includes a display reader configured read the information from a display of the mobile station.
3. The verifying device of claim 2 , where the display reader comprises an optical character recognition (OCR) reader.
4. The verifying device of claim 1 , wherein the receiver is configured to receive the information through a wireless connection with the mobile station.
5. The verifying device of claim 1 , wherein the first device comprises an authorization server configured to maintain an association between the transaction and the mobile station.
6. A method comprising:
receiving transaction information from a mobile station, wherein the transaction information corresponds to a transaction to be verified;
communicating a request to verify the transaction to an authorization server based on the transaction information received from the mobile station, wherein verification indicates a verification status of the transaction;
receiving a verification result from the authorization server, wherein the authorization server communicates the verification result to the mobile station.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the transaction information is provided after the transaction occurs.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the received transaction information includes a telephone number of the mobile station.
9. A system comprising:
a verifying device configured to verify transactions, the verifying device comprising:
a processor;
a first receiver in communication with the processor, wherein the receiver is configured to receive information corresponding to a transaction to be verified from a mobile station; and
a first transmitter in communication with the processor, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit a request to an authorization server for a verification result based on the information received from the mobile station, wherein the verification result indicates a verification status of the transaction;
the authorization server comprising:
a second receiver configured to receive the request from the verifying device; and
a second transmitter configured to transmit the verification result to the first device and to transmit the verification result to the mobile station.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the verifying device further includes a display reader configured read the information from a display of the mobile station.
11. The system of claim 10 , where the display reader comprises an optical character recognition (OCR) reader.
12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the first receiver is configured to receive the information through a wireless connection with the mobile station.
13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the authorization server is further configured to maintain an association between the transaction and the mobile station.