Patent ID: 8408992
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: G06Q,G07F,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A chargeback method in an SMS system comprising the steps of: (a) receiving in an SMS transaction gateway server over a wide area network an SMS message from a mobile phone of a telephone subscriber to a telephone service; (b) parsing in the SMS transaction gateway server the SMS message received in said step (a) to identify an order by the telephone subscriber comprising a substep of identifying within a syntax of the SMS message a multiplier number indicative of a quantity for the order; (c) sending a chargeback request indicative of the order identified in said step (b) over a wide area network from the SMS transaction gateway server to a mobile billing platform server corresponding to the telephone service belonging to the telephone subscriber for an amount corresponding to the order against a mobile phone balance of the telephone subscriber; (d) receiving in the SMS transaction gateway server a chargeback confirmation or denial over a wide area network from the mobile billing platform server corresponding to the telephone service belonging to the telephone subscriber; and (e) commencing fulfillment of the order when the chargeback confirmation is received from the mobile billing platform server corresponding to the telephone service belonging to the telephone subscriber in said step (d).