Patent ID: 8341088
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An electronic payment method between a multimedia terminal and a remote payment management system, comprising: transmitting from the multimedia terminal a payment order, issued by at least one multimedia application hosted by said multimedia terminal, to a payment proxy local to the multimedia terminal; determining, in said local payment proxy, if said payment order is to be processed by a local payment or a remote payment; processing the payment order, in said payment proxy, according to a local payment method upon determining that the payment order is to be processed by local payment; and transmitting the payment order to said remote system, to carry out a payment according to a remote payment method upon determination that the payment order is to be processed by remote payment, wherein said determining step determines that said payment order is to be processed a) according to a remote payment method if or else b) according to the local payment method.