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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2006
Applicants:

Peter Rae, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Nancy Loomis, San Diego, CA (US);

Ken Algiene, Littleton, CO (US);

Keith W. Dively, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);

Inventors:

Peter Rae, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Nancy Loomis, San Diego, CA (US);

Ken Algiene, Littleton, CO (US);

Kurt L. Hansen, Castle Rock, CO (US);

Keith W. Dively, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);

Assignees:

First Data Corporation, Greenwood Village, CO (US);

The Western Union Company, Englewood, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); H04H 60/21 (2008.01); H04H 60/27 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/21 (2013.01); H04H 60/27 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for accepting payments for goods and services provided by a merchant. In one embodiment a method can be implemented by obtaining digital content; offering said digital content to a wireless telephone user; receiving payment information from said user for purchase of said digital content; processing said payment information so as to confirm payment for said digital content; and then downloading said digital content to said wireless telephone of said wireless telephone user. Optionally, the transaction may be staged by the consumer, or others.


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