Patent ID: 9210557
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer based method comprising: receiving, by at least one computer processing unit, a request Short Message Service (SMS) message from a mobile device; generating, by the at least one computer processing unit, a token and associating the token with a mobile device identifier of the mobile device in response to the request; transmitting, by the at least one computer processing unit, a response SMS message to the mobile device, the response SMS message including a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) to a registration web page comprising at least one field for receiving registration information for a user to be used in creating an online account for the user, wherein the URI includes the generated token; receiving, by the at least one computer processing unit, the registration information submitted to the registration web page and the token included in the URI of the registration web page; associating, by the at least one computer processing unit, the submitted registration information and the mobile device identifier based on the token; and creating, by the at least one computer processing unit, the online account based on the registration information and the associated mobile device identifier.