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Process for making a payment using an account manager
Assignee: Orange SA
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Filing: 1996-06-05
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Granted: 2000-01-11
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Expires: 2016-06-05
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to a process for making a payment using an account manager or kiosk, the process guaranteeing the payment of the supplier and the anonymity of the customer. A customer (U) withdraws from his bank (B) a sum in the form of "blind" electronic coins or cash, deposits the latter in one or more anonymous accounts in a kiosk (K) and finally uses said account or accounts for paying suppliers of goods or services (SA). The invention has application to streamline and voice telepayment.
Inventors
- 👤 Luc Vallee
- 👤 Stephane Petit
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 18:56
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/04; G06Q20/06; G06Q20/02; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/085; G06Q20/0855; G06Q20/10; G06Q20/22; G06Q20/227; G06Q20/30; G06Q20/36; G06Q20/367; G06Q20/3678; G06Q20/38; G06Q20/383; G06Q20/385; G06Q20/40; G06Q20/405
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
277 words
Process for performing a transaction in a system having four entity types, the entity types including: a first user; a second user supplying goods and services; a first entity; a second entity managing accounts of the first user and second user, which can be credited by the first user to pay the second user, wherein the first entity is a bank that manages a conventional account of the first user, the first user is a customer of the first entity and the second user, and the first user has accounts at the second entity, said process comprising the steps of: the second entity generating random numbers in random number tables for each account permitting distribution of the numbers from the second entity to the first user; the first user acquiring from the first entity an anonymous electronic means for a certain amount using one of the random numbers associated with one of the accounts hosted by the second entity that is to be credited; the first user crediting the one account at the second entity for the certain amount using the electronic means acquired from the first entity, the random number used being deleted from the table associated with the credited account; and the first user debiting one or more of the accounts in order to credit an account of the second user, wherein the random number tables permit the credits to each account in an order independent of an order of obtaining said numbers from the second entity by the first user owning the account and independent of the order of use of these numbers for the acquisition of anonymous electronic means from the first entity.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
277 words
Process for performing a transaction in a system having four entity types, the entity types including: a first user; a second user supplying goods and services; a first entity; a second entity managing accounts of the first user and second user, which can be credited by the first user to pay the second user, wherein the first entity is a bank that manages a conventional account of the first user, the first user is a customer of the first entity and the second user, and the first user has accounts at the second entity, said process comprising the steps of: the second entity generating random numbers in random number tables for each account permitting distribution of the numbers from the second entity to the first user; the first user acquiring from the first entity an anonymous electronic means for a certain amount using one of the random numbers associated with one of the accounts hosted by the second entity that is to be credited; the first user crediting the one account at the second entity for the certain amount using the electronic means acquired from the first entity, the random number used being deleted from the table associated with the credited account; and the first user debiting one or more of the accounts in order to credit an account of the second user, wherein the random number tables permit the credits to each account in an order independent of an order of obtaining said numbers from the second entity by the first user owning the account and independent of the order of use of these numbers for the acquisition of anonymous electronic means from the first entity.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
77 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein for reloading one of the accounts, the user obtains from the second entity at least one random number, acquires from the first entity a signature in the form of an electronic coin for a certain amount for each random number, and deposits the corresponding coins at the account, in a random order and at a random time and the second entity then presents the coins for crediting by the first entity.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
86 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein during a purchase, the second user sends a request indicating the amount to the first user, who signs and returns the request to the second user, the latter transmits the request for payment to the second entity which, in the case of an adequate credit in the account used by the first user, positively acknowledges the request and the debiting of one or more of the accounts in order to credit the account of the second user is carried out.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein the first user transfers all or part of the balance of one account to another account.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein the first user reimburses all or part of the sums in one or more accounts to the first entity.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
48 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein the first user acquires, from a first entity where the first user has an account, anonymous electronic cash, which the first user deposits in an anonymous account hosted by a second entity in an order not determined by an order of purchase.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein the first user spends the cash in an anonymous account hosted by the second entity, in the form of a securized transfer to an anonymous or non-anonymous account hosted by the second entity.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
Process according to claim 7, wherein the securized transfer is carried out after a special request.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
Process according to claim 7, wherein securized transfers are carried out following a periodic transfer request on a given periodicity unit.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
Process according to claim 7, wherein securized transfers are grouped to be presented together to the second entity, following obtaining a prior authorization, with respect to a given amount, obtained from the second entity.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
61 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein during payment of the second user, the amount is indicated to the first user as a unitary amount, wherein by its own initiative the first user sends signatures to the second user periodically and wherein the second user transmits these signatures in streamline form to the second entity, which acknowledges the signatures in streamline form.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein a group of payments is made with authorization, said authorization being preformed unknown to the first user.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
83 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein in a manner such as to ensure debiting of the account, whose amount is known following the connection to the second entity, prior to the use of the service, a prepayment is made on an amount exceeding the effectively established amount, wherein the second user, following the effective use, supplies the second entity with information on the used amount and wherein the second entity, with a maximum prepayment amount, debits the anonymous account of the first user.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
46 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein the link between payments is rendered impossible by the use of each anonymous account of the first user a single time and wherein the transfers between anonymous accounts and the anonymous reimbursement facilitate this single use of the anonymous accounts.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
13 words
Process according to claim 1, which is used in a voice telepayment application.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
13 words
Process according to claim 1, which is used in a streamline payment application.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
138 words
Process for performing a transaction among a first user, a second user, a first entity, and a second entity, the process comprising the steps of: the second entity generating random numbers in tables associated with accounts of the first user hosted by the second entity and delivering the numbers to the first user; the first user acquiring from the first entity an anonymous electronic means for a certain amount using one of the random numbers associated with one of the accounts; the first user crediting the one account for the certain amount using the electronic means; the second entity deleting the random number used from the table associated with the credited account; and the first user debiting at least one of the accounts in order to credit an account of the second user hosted by the second entity.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
138 words
Process for performing a transaction among a first user, a second user, a first entity, and a second entity, the process comprising the steps of: the second entity generating random numbers in tables associated with accounts of the first user hosted by the second entity and delivering the numbers to the first user; the first user acquiring from the first entity an anonymous electronic means for a certain amount using one of the random numbers associated with one of the accounts; the first user crediting the one account for the certain amount using the electronic means; the second entity deleting the random number used from the table associated with the credited account; and the first user debiting at least one of the accounts in order to credit an account of the second user hosted by the second entity.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
48 words
Process according to claim 17, wherein the first user is wholly or partly reimbursed for the cash the first user has in an anonymous account at the second entity in order to deposit the cash at a known account which the first user has at the first entity.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
62 words
Process according to claim 17 wherein an order of credit operations of each account is performed independent of an order of withdrawal operations with respect to said numbers from the second entity by the first user owning the account and independent of the order of the uses of these numbers for the withdrawal of the anonymous electronic means from the first entity.
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