Goods e.g. commodity, paying method, involves transmitting electronic coupon to goods vendor by mobile phone for making payment for goods, and activating payment of vendor by payment service provider depending on coupon

摘要

The method involves assigning an electronic coupon to a mobile phone (1) by a payment service provider, where the coupon is stored in a memory device (4) and has a data structure with a set of data fields. The data fields contain information that is specific for the service provider, and the information is used for evaluating authenticity of the coupon. The coupon is transmitted to a goods vendor by the phone for making a payment for the goods, and the payment of the vendor is activated by the service provider depending on the coupon. An independent claim is also included for a mobile phone for making payment for goods.