Patent ID: 8280359
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07C,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of authorizing an action, the method comprising, in any permissible order, at least the acts of: receiving from a person having authority to authorize the action, an identification of a first phone number for obtaining authorization for the action; receiving a request for authorization and an indication of a criteria for obtaining authorization for the action; encrypting a first message, wherein the first message contains the request for authorization of the action; receiving at a first mobile phone having the first phone number, a first message that is encrypted and containing the request for authorization of the action; decrypting the first message containing the request for authorization of the action; after the receiving the identification of the first phone number, and after the receiving the request for authorization and the indication of the criteria for obtaining authorization for the action, and after encrypting the first message, and after the receiving of the first message containing the request for authorization, and after decrypting the first message, sending a second message through a mobile phone network and from the first mobile phone having the first phone number, wherein the second message authorizes the action; receiving an identification of a second phone number for advising a third person of the action, and further comprising automatically sending at least one of the first message, the second message, and a third message to the second phone number, wherein the at least one of the first message, the second message, and a third message includes at least a description of the action for which authorization is requested.