Patent ID: 8620365

Claim:
A method for handling an electronic request between two entities with the aid of an intermediary entity comprising the steps of: i a first entity using a communication device of the first entity for sending a request intended for a second entity via an open, first communication network to an intermediary entity; ii the intermediary entity forwarding the request as a first text message via a secure, second communication network to a communication device of the second entity; iii subsequent to the communication device of the second entity receiving said first text message, the second entity either using the communication device of the second entity for indicating acceptance of the request by sending a second text message back to the intermediary entity via the second communication network, or rejecting the request by sending a rejection message or by not responding; iv the intermediary entity either confirming that the request has been accepted by providing an acknowledgement of the acceptance by the second entity to at least the communication device of the first entity or another communication device of the first entity if the second text message is received within a maximum response time after sending of the first text message, or indicating that the request has been rejected by the second entity by providing an acknowledgement of the rejection to at least the communication device of the first entity or the other communication device of the first entity, if the rejection message has been received or no second message is received within the maximum response time after sending of the first text message; and v a device of the intermediary entity logging a result concerning at least the preceding step in an activity log, wherein the acknowledgement of acceptance is sent to the communication device of the first entity as a third text message, via the second communication network, and the acknowledgement of rejection is sent to the communication device of the first entity as a third text message, via the second communication network.