Patent ID: 8306510

Claim:
A person to person cash transfer transaction method using mobile phones, the method comprising: a sender utilizing virtual cash in his mobile cash account; the sender keying in an amount of virtual cash that is being transferred to a recipient and the sender's Personal Identification Number (PIN), and sending a short messaging service (SMS) message to a telco by inputting the telco's mobile money transfer access code and the recipient's mobile number; the sender sending a transfer command to the recipient containing the transfer amount, the sender's PIN, and the recipient's mobile number; the telco verifying if the sender's mobile phone cash account has a sufficient balance to effect the transfer of the amount of virtual cash being transferred; the telco deducting the sender's mobile phone cash account with the amount of virtual cash to be transferred and crediting the same amount to the recipient's mobile phone cash account; the sender receiving a SMS acknowledgement with a confirmation number from the telco that his mobile phone cash account has been deducted in the amount of virtual cash transferred to the recipient; the recipient receiving the SMS acknowledgement with the confirmation number from the telco that his mobile phone cash account has been loaded with virtual cash in the amount transferred by the sender; and the recipient utilizing the virtual cash for any financial transaction.