Silent SMS triggering for mobile billing at a merchant server

摘要

The invention provides a method of processing transaction with at least one merchant computer, including receiving, with the at least one merchant computer, a confirmation of a purchase from a consumer device, triggering, with the at least one merchant computer, in response to the confirmation of the purchase, a silent text message to the consumer device, wherein a purchasing unit on the consumer device responds to the silent text message by sending a text message with a unique transaction ID to a short code of a billing server via a carrier server to the billing server and receiving, with the at least one merchant computer, in response to triggering the silent text message, a callback notification from the billing server with the transaction ID.

主权项

1. A method of processing transaction with at least one merchant computer, comprising:
receiving, with the at least one merchant computer, a confirmation of a purchase from a consumer device; transmitting, with the at least one merchant computer in response to the confirmation, a transaction request API call to a billing server; receiving, with the at least one merchant computer, a transaction request response from the billing server in response to the transmission of the transaction request including a unique transaction ID; triggering, with the at least one merchant computer, in response to the confirmation of the purchase and following the transaction request response, a merchant text message to the consumer device, wherein a purchasing unit on the consumer device automatically responds to the merchant text message by sending a consumer device text message with the transaction ID to a short code of a billing server via a carrier server to the billing server; and receiving, with the at least one merchant computer, in response to triggering the merchant text message, a callback notification from the billing server with the transaction ID.