Patent ID: 8280402

Claim:
A method for controlling transactions using a wireless device in a wireless network comprising: transmitting, using a system comprising a wireless network mobile switching center and a financial gateway, a plurality of point-of-sale locations to a wireless device to be displayed to a user via one or more menus on the wireless device, the menus listing at least one point-of-sale location based upon a current location of the wireless device; receiving, at said system, from the wireless device, a particular point-of-sale location selected by the user for a desired transaction; obtaining, using said system, transaction amounts for one or more transactions at said particular point-of-sale location; correlating, using said system, one of said transaction amounts with the user's desired transaction; transmitting, using said system, the correlated transaction amount to the wireless device for display to the user; and charging, using said system, the correlated transaction amount to a source of funds identified by the user to allow completion of the desired transaction.