Patent ID: 8200260
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method to process communication associated with a transaction server comprising a processor, said communication involving a first mobile phone and a second mobile phone, said method comprising: receiving a first message at said transaction server, said first message received from said first mobile phone and requesting said purchase transaction; determining a purchaser transaction identifier at said transaction server to be associated with said purchase transaction; providing said purchaser transaction identifier from said transaction server addressed to said first mobile phone in a second message using a message format such that said first mobile phone displays said purchaser transaction identifier; receiving a third message at the transaction server, said third message originating from said second mobile phone, said third message comprising said purchaser transaction identifier; generating a seller transaction identifier to be associated with said purchase transaction; providing said seller transaction identifier from said transaction server addressed to said second mobile phone in a fourth message using said message format such that said second mobile phone displays said seller transaction identifier; receiving a fifth message at the transaction server from said first mobile phone, said fifth message indicating authorization to proceed with said purchase transaction, wherein said fifth message is received within a defined timeframe; in response to determining that said fifth message is not received within said defined timeframe, terminating, by the transaction server, said purchase transaction; receiving a sixth message at the transaction server from said second mobile phone, said sixth message comprising data identifying an item and a first amount of the item; receiving a seventh message at the transaction server from said first mobile phone indicating said transaction server to proceed with processing said purchase transaction; and providing a first confirmation message to said first mobile phone and a second confirmation message to said second mobile phone.