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Granted Patent B2
US 10,552,835 · App. 16/298,269 · Granted Feb 4, 2020

Secure payment service and system for interactive voice response (IVR) systems

Inventors: James Jackson (Austin, TX); Mehrad Yasrebi (Austin, TX)
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,552,835
App. No.
16/298,269
Granted
Feb 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A secure payment method includes receiving, by a payment recipient, a transaction request from a party in a transaction. The payment recipient requests a payment that is in a specified form and that is uniquely identified by a unique identification. The method includes receiving, on behalf of the payment recipient and at a payment recipient computer, the payment that is in the specified form. The payment is uniquely identified by the unique identification. The payment recipient authorizes the transaction in response to receiving the payment that is in the specified form and that is uniquely identified by the unique identification. The specified form is issued by a private third party.

Claims (56)

1. A secure payment method, comprising:

requesting, by a recipient computer, for receipt of payment;

receiving, at the recipient computer, a payment that is in a specified form and that is uniquely identified by a unique identification, wherein the payment that is in the specified form is dynamically generated in response to the requesting; and

authorizing, by the recipient computer, a transaction in response to receiving the payment that is in the specified form and that is uniquely identified by the unique identification,

wherein the specified form is issued by a private third party.

2. The secure payment method of claim 1 ,

wherein the unique identification that uniquely identifies the payment that is in the specified form is issued by the private third party.

3. The secure payment method of claim 1 ,

wherein the specified form is electronic information.

4. The secure payment method of claim 1 ,

wherein the private third party is a payment service provider.

5. The secure payment method of claim 1 ,

wherein the transaction is for a purchase of a product.

6. The secure payment method of claim 1 ,

wherein the transaction is for a purchase of a service.

7. The secure payment method of claim 1 ,

wherein the payment that is in the specified form is received from a communication device submitting a request for the transaction to the recipient computer.

8. The secure payment method of claim 7 ,

wherein the payment that is in the specified form is received by the recipient computer from the communication device independent of the private third party.

9. The secure payment method of claim 7 ,

wherein the communication device obtains the payment that is in the specified form from the private third party and provides the payment that is in the specified form to the recipient computer.

10. The secure payment method of claim 1 ,

wherein the unique identification is a one time use transaction identification.

11. The secure payment method of claim 1 , further comprising:

exchanging the payment that is in the specified form for a specified monetary amount.

12. The secure payment method of claim 1 , further comprising:

confirming, by the recipient computer, the unique identification with the private third party.

13. The secure payment method of claim 12 , further comprising:

authorizing the transaction after confirming the unique identification with the private third party.

14. The secure payment method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing, from the recipient computer, the unique identification to the private third party for validation.

15. The secure payment method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the recipient computer, a request for the transaction from a communication device,

wherein the communication device communicates with both the recipient computer and the private third party in order to provide the payment that is in the specified form to the recipient computer.

16. The secure payment method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the recipient computer, a request for the transaction from a communication device,

wherein the recipient computer communicates with the communication device while the private third party provides the unique identification to the communication device.

17. The secure payment method according to claim 15 ,

wherein the recipient computer provides the unique identification to the private third party while the recipient computer communicates with the communication device.

18. The secure payment method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the specified form comprises an electronic token.

19. A tangible non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores a computer program for providing secure payments, the computer program, when executed by a processor, causing a computer apparatus to perform a process comprising:

requesting, on behalf of a recipient computer, for receipt of payment;

receiving, on behalf of the recipient computer, a payment that is in a specified form, wherein the payment that is in the specified form is uniquely identified by a unique identification; and

authorizing a transaction in response to receiving the payment that is in the specified form and that is uniquely identified by the unique identification,

wherein the payment that is in the specified form and uniquely identified by the unique identification is dynamically generated in response to the requesting, and

wherein the specified form is issued by a private third party.

20. A computer apparatus, comprising:

a memory that stores instructions for securing payments, and

a processor that executes the instructions,

wherein, when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

requesting, on behalf of a recipient computer, for receipt of payment;

receiving, on behalf of the recipient computer, a payment that is in a specified form, wherein the payment that is in the specified form is uniquely identified by a unique identification; and

authorizing a transaction in response to receiving the payment that is in the specified form and that is uniquely identified by the unique identification,

wherein the payment that is in the specified form and uniquely identified by the unique identification is dynamically generated in response to the requesting, and

wherein the specified form is issued by a private third party.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2022
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
To: MARQETA, INC.
Reel/Frame 060521/0846 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2019
From: JACKSON, JAMES; YASREBI, MEHRAD
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 048562/0930 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 15061227 · Mar 4, 2016
Continuation 14297658 · Jun 6, 2014
Continuation 13307982 · Nov 30, 2011
Continuation 12179029 · Jul 24, 2008
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