Patent ID: 8352377

Claim:
A method to carry out an electronic payment between a seller and a buyer to purchase a good, said method comprising: receiving, by a computing system, a request from said seller; allocating, by the computing system, to said seller, for a determined and limited time period, a predefined short message service (SMS) number and a predefined SMS message; disabling, by the computing system, during said limited time period the allocation of said allocated predefined SMS number and said allocated predefined SMS message; communicating, by the computing system, to said buyer said allocated predefined SMS number and said allocated predefined SMS message; receiving, by the computing system, the allocated predefined SMS message from said buyer through a telecommunication network; associating, by the computing system, said buyer with said seller by associating the allocated predefined SMS message received from said buyer with said allocated predefined SMS number; enabling, by the computing system, said buyer to access said good based on the association between the allocated predefined SMS message and said allocated predefined SMS number; and enabling, by the computing system, said allocated predefined SMS number and said allocated predefined SMS message for a new allocation to a new transaction.