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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2011
Daniel Baskerville, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel Baskerville, San Francisco, CA (US);
Boku, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a system includes an interchange with a data storage facility. The interchange includes a common format processor and a plurality of converters to interface with a plurality of different controllers of mobile communications. The converters are configured to communicate with the common format processor in a common format and to communicate with the controllers in different formats. The interchange is to receive a request identifying a phone number, a payment amount and a payee, and in response, use a pinging message to determine telecommunication carrier information of the phone number, select a converter, determine a set of premium messages in accordance with the telecommunication carrier information, and use the selected converter to transmit the set of premium messages to the phone number to collect funds to pay the payee on behalf of a user of the mobile phone.