A SYSTEM, A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING AN ELECTRIC PAYMENT TRANSACTION IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

The invention relates to methods and apparatuses for performing electronic payment transactions between a terminal equipment (100) in a telecommunication network and the other transacting party (1, 2, .., N) . The invention utilizes a special payment seance gateway (10) through which all the payment transactions of the terminal equipments in the telecommunication network are routed. The payment service gateway allows the parties of the payment transaction to support different electronic payment protocols (A, B, .., X) and performs the required protocol conversions so as to provide an end-to-end transaction.