Patent ID: 8380574
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for validating a transaction made on a transactional terminal, said transaction being associated with a user, wherein the method comprises: receiving a validation message from a mobile device of a user, containing a validation code for the transaction, which comprises at least one piece of information representing an identifier of the transactional terminal and was preliminarily displayed on the transactional terminal entered by the user of the mobile device and transmitted with the validation message by the mobile device to an entity of a telecommunications network to which said mobile device and said transactional terminal are connected; identifying a base station of the telecommunications network to which the mobile device of the user is connected; decoding the validation code for the transaction from the validation message to deliver the at least one piece of information representing the identifier of the transactional terminal; and validating the transaction based on whether the identified transactional terminal is in a zone of coverage of the identified base station to which the mobile device of the user is connected.