Patent ID: 8472594
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: G06Q,G07F,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a personal identification number (PIN) from a client terminal, comprising: storing, at the client terminal, one or more PINs for plural prepaid products or services; receiving, at the client terminal, a request for a PIN associated with a desired prepaid product or service associated with a prepaid service provider; sending, from the client terminal, a PIN request to a server when the desired prepaid product or service does not correspond to one of the plural prepaid services; receiving, the PIN request at the server and obtaining an additional PIN from a PIN database; maintaining, by the server, the PIN database, wherein the PIN database comprises a plurality of sets of PINs associated with a corresponding plurality of prepaid services and a set of records wherein each of the records includes information identifying one of said plurality of prepaid services for which one of a plurality of client terminals is disposed to store plural PINs; sending the additional PIN from the server to the client terminal; receiving, at the client terminal, the additional PIN; and dispensing the additional PIN from the client terminal.