Patent ID: 9098958
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06Q,G07F,H04L,H04M,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing mobile commerce services via a plurality of networks, the method comprising: receiving in a roaming network from a user device, an identification number and a request for a service; forwarding from the roaming network, to a home network, the identification number, the request for the service, and adding a service provider identification number identifying a service provider that does not provide the roaming network and a cost of the service; verifying, by a convergent communication platform located on the home network, that the identification number relates to a valid user account, that the user device is authorized to receive the service and that the valid user account has sufficient value to pay for the service; providing an authorization to the service provider, if the identification number relates to the valid user account, the user device is authorized to receive the service and the valid user account has sufficient value; and charging the valid user account for providing the service.