Patent ID: 9406062
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G06Q,G08G,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising performing the following acts by a network server in a telecommunications network: receiving a request from an entity to authorize a transaction involving a user having a mobile device; accessing the mobile device's address; generating a communication to be sent based on information about the transaction to be authorized; causing the generated communication to be sent to the mobile device's address from a first reply address, wherein the first reply address is selected from a plurality of possible reply addresses prior to sending the generated message; receiving a response from the mobile device's address; determining if the response from the mobile device's address was received at the first reply address, which was selected from the plurality of possible reply addresses, and if the response was received at the first reply address, determining if the response received at the first reply address authorizes the transaction; and if the response received at the first reply address authorizes the transaction, sending a communication to the entity indicating that the transaction is authorized; wherein the mobile device's address and each of the reply addresses are addresses in a telecommunication network.